dino juice

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1. humorousslanguncountableautomotiveClipped compound of dinosaur juice.

   Today I paid $2.69 for a gallon of gas. What's worse is that it forced me to face an ugly reality: I'm a stone-cold junkie willing to pay any price for a hit of dino juice.

   2001 August, David Seidman, “Following Seas: High Times”, in Boating, volume 74, number 8, →ISSN, page 16

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   BTW, I can buy Mobil 1 for about $3.25/qt. Assuming that I get 2% better gas mileage with it, my ~20 mpg van saves about $3 of gas during the 3000 mile change interval. In other words, the cost differential between dino juice and Mobil1 is .... $16.25 (Mobil 1) - $5 (dino juice) - $3 (fuel savings) = $8. Maybe it's not so expensive after all.

   1994 October 27, jason douglas, “Re: Switching to Mobil 1 questions”, in rec.autos.tech (Usenet)

   Should you use synthetic oil or should use you use dino juice—regular, out-of-the-ground “mineral” oil from decomposed dinousaurs? […] Some riders feel that higher-end mineral-based oils do just as well, and certainly for a bike ridden regularly under normal conditions, dino juice will do just fine, especially if you are diligent about changing it.

   2005, Shirley Duglin Kennedy, “You Brought It Home, You Take Care of It”, in The Savvy Guide to Motorcycles, Indianapolis, IN: Indy-Tech Publishing, →ISBN, pages 168–169