olive juice

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English

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Etymology 1

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From the lip movements being similar.

Phrase

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olive juice

  1. (humorous) I love you.
    • 2005, Scott Wolven, Controlled Burn: Stories of Prison, Crime, and Men, →ISBN, page 97:
      Olive juice,” Jimmy said. Mark stood up and Ann came in. She tucked Jimmy in. “Olive juice,” she said. They walked back into the living room. “What's olive juice?” Mark asked. “Watch my lips when I say it,” Ann said.
    • 2013, Cassidy Briggs, Thigh Gaps and Men, →ISBN, page 62:
      Hey, baby, I hope you're feeling better. You're not a failure; you are perfect in every way. I'll see you soon! Olive juice <3 xx
    • 2014, Elle Kay, Where's My Happily Ever After?, →ISBN, page 80:
      One day while I was in my nook, he said, “olive juice.” “Huh?” I said. Slowly and deliberately with no sound, he mouthed “olive juice.” “What does it look like?” he said.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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olive juice (uncountable)

  1. The juice extracted from olives.
    • 2017, Apostolos Kiritsakis, Fereidoon Shahidi, Olives and Olive Oil as Functional Foods, →ISBN:
      The lowest levels of acrylamide (338.67±9.23 μg/kg) were found in olives that were not neutralized with carbon dioxide, whereas the highest levels of acrylamide (681.60±11.36 μg/kg) were found in olives that had been neutralized for 4 hr. These results indicated that the formation of acrylamide in whole olives, as well as in olive juice, is pH dependent.

See also

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