Catchword: ride on mineral water

Filed Under: English, Sports & Recreation, Slang

Part of Speech: v.

Quotation: Cycling slang includes numerous terms for doping: “mess up the soup,” “pissing violet,” “having a magic suitcase,” “not riding on mineral water,” “loading the cannon” or “boiling the saucepan over” and “salting the mustard” and, in a reference to the eyes dilating when amphetamine is used, “lighting the headlights.” Most recently, amateur cyclists have talked of “dining chez Virenque,” a reference to the seven-times mountains winner banned after the Festina scandal.

Article or Document Title:
“Fotheringham’s Tour de France trivia” (URL)

Author:
William Fotheringham

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Guardian

Publishing Location:
U.K.

Date of Publication:
July 26, 2004

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