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Post by peano on May 24, 2015 23:34:07 GMT
When I was growing up, bug juice was a mixture of a can of reconstituted grape juice and a can of reconstituted lemonade with water added. I guess the lemon pulp was supposed to resemble "bugs".
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 23:35:33 GMT
I have no idea what bug juice is. I've never heard that term.
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Post by myshelly on May 24, 2015 23:35:43 GMT
I've never heard the term bug juice.
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Post by padresfan619 on May 24, 2015 23:37:22 GMT
A reality tv show about summer camp that was on the Disney Channel when I was an adolescent.
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Post by grinningcat on May 24, 2015 23:39:38 GMT
Bug spray.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2015 23:46:02 GMT
kool-aid or other very cheap fruit flavored kids drink served at a camp. The sugar attracted kids and bugs.
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Post by anxiousmom on May 24, 2015 23:47:24 GMT
I colloquially called mosquito repellent 'bug juice' when the kids were little, but beyond that, I have never heard the term used for anything else.
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Post by chaosisapony on May 24, 2015 23:48:33 GMT
I'd never heard of the term "bug juice" until today on this forum. I also hadn't ever heard of "skeeter dope". Here, Kool Aid is Kool Aid and we refer to mosquito repellant by the brand name we buy, which is Off.
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Post by scrapsotime on May 24, 2015 23:52:45 GMT
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Post by Woobster on May 24, 2015 23:54:14 GMT
Bug juice is what DH and I call windshield washer fluid.
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Post by jenjie on May 24, 2015 23:55:19 GMT
kool-aid or other very cheap fruit flavored kids drink served at a camp. The sugar attracted kids and bugs. This. It's a camp thing. Like summer camp. |
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Post by freecharlie on May 24, 2015 23:59:49 GMT
That nasty ass drink that you can but at a gas station
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Post by theshyone on May 25, 2015 0:39:39 GMT
Nothing to me
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 0:41:34 GMT
The stuff that comes out of a bug when I squish it.
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Post by melanell on May 25, 2015 1:11:15 GMT
It isn't terminology that I use, now, or as a child.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 1:14:16 GMT
kool-aid or other very cheap fruit flavored kids drink served at a camp. The sugar attracted kids and bugs. This. It's a camp thing. Like summer camp.  |
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Post by lesley on May 25, 2015 1:15:27 GMT
Nope, don't know that phrase either. If it's an insect repellent, I would just say fly killer.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on May 25, 2015 1:17:14 GMT
Wasn't even koolaid. It was like generic hi-c. Usually orange flavored. I kind of imagine that it's what they now give pregnant women for their glucose test.  |
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Post by blondiec47 on May 25, 2015 1:18:23 GMT
When I was growing up, bug juice was a mixture of a can of reconstituted grape juice and a can of reconstituted lemonade with water added. I guess the lemon pulp was supposed to resemble "bugs". I was a camp counsellor and this is what we called bug juice |
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Post by hookedonpeas on May 25, 2015 3:26:32 GMT
A patient recently asked me for some bug juice to drink...I was told it was a mixture of cranberry juice and ginger ale... We only had sprite to mix it with and he was equally pleased. He was about 90 and said his mom made it for him growing up...
The only thing I heard prior to this was a kool aid type drink for kids that came in miniature water bottles
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 3:31:52 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up.
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Post by kels99 on May 25, 2015 3:59:12 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up. We called koolaid or hi-c type drinks Bug Juice at the camps I went to, and worked at, in the Seattle area. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 4:02:39 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up. We called koolaid or hi-c type drinks Bug Juice at the camps I went to, and worked at, in the Seattle area. Huh, weird. I even asked friends and family on FB (many from OR & WA) if they've ever heard of it and no one had. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2015 4:09:04 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up. Church camp in southern Oklahoma in the late 1960s/early 70. I had forgotten about it until my kids went off to scout camps and school activities (90s era) and had bug juice but being military brats they were exposed to a wide range of regionalisms that weren't necessarily related to where we lived. |
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Post by lumo on May 25, 2015 4:10:25 GMT
kool-aid or other very cheap fruit flavored kids drink served at a camp. The sugar attracted kids and bugs. This. The camp I worked at in college had the best peach-flavored bug juice. This was in the mountains of NC. |
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Post by kels99 on May 25, 2015 4:11:31 GMT
We called koolaid or hi-c type drinks Bug Juice at the camps I went to, and worked at, in the Seattle area. Huh, weird. I even asked friends and family on FB (many from OR & WA) if they've ever heard of it and no one had. Maybe it was just the camps I went to. The directors that were there most of the time that I was, were from other parts of the country, one from Missouri and I don't remember where the others were from. |
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Post by jenjie on May 25, 2015 4:21:20 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up. Camps in PA, NJ, NY |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on May 25, 2015 4:54:48 GMT
I'm one of the ones who commented on the other thread.
I'm from NJ. I never went to summer camp, so I'm not sure where I originally heard it. I know that's what we called the red stuff we got w/our pizza on the boardwalk.
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Post by KelleeM on May 25, 2015 11:13:33 GMT
I'm from the northeast (Massachusetts) and my Mom called the drink we had occasionally during the summer "bug juice." She never went to camp and only my brothers who were boy scouts had ever gone to camp. For us it was never Kool Aid but rather ZaRex.
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Post by monklady123 on May 25, 2015 11:22:28 GMT
So where are those of you who are familiar with the turn from? I went to camp for many years as a kid and it wasn't a thing in the PNW. I never heard it in MN in college either, but not sure it would have cause to come up. Pittsburgh, PA. I went to summer camp about 50 miles or so from Pittsburgh. "Bug juice" is red koolaid or red punch of some kind and camps always served it. I assume it was called "bug juice" because it was so sweet that it attracted bugs. ? lol at this thread. Who knew there were so many definitions for "bug juice". |
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