Generation Rx
n.— «Most parents were probably surprised by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s survey that found 1-in-5 teens abused pain medications last year. In announcing the findings, the partnership even coined a new term: “Generation Rx.”» —“Report reveals new drug threat” by Doris Carroll Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) May 23, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A physician in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, shares some of the vocabulary of his patients from Appalachia. There, a misery is anything painful, such as a misery in my jaw if they have a painful tooth or a misery in my back if they have lumbar pain...
Sarah in Fleming Island, Florida, is curious about the saying sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you, which suggests “it’s a dog-eat-dog world,” or “eat or be eaten,” or more gently, “you win...