Years ago, I went to Knoebel's amusement park, and on the way home stopped at a store where I found a soft drink named Moxie in the refrigerator case. I'd heard of the stuff, and this was the first time I'd seen it. I bought a bottle and took a sip. Then another. Then I poured out the rest down the drain. I decided it reminded me of "carbonated liniment."
I forget when and where specifically I saw this next, but in a recent web story, the author described Moxie as "carbonated cough syrup." Yeah, that too. Neither one is palatable, but I still prefer to use liniment, both for the old-fashioned word and for the taste that implies this stuff shouldn't be consumed orally.
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