词汇 | green friday |
词源 | green Friday; green death; green around the gills. The first is a humorous name for the day after Thanksgiving, which al- ways falls on a Thursday, because people who ate too much feel overstuffed and perhaps a bit nauseated. Green death is student slang for diarrhea brought on by eating college cafeteria food. Several other “green” expressions, including green around the gills, are also associated with nausea. |
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