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COLD TURKEY
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Does anybody know how this term came about when quitting something.
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When withdrawing from heroine addiction, a person becomes feverish and clammy, and their skin takes on the look and feel of a dead turkey, just like it is ready to go in the oven. There is no symbolism here, it is just what it feels like. I think this was coined in the USA in the early quarter of the 20th century.
It also refers to blunt statements, intended to improve a person. The idea here is that the person receiving the unpleasant yet true facts will be shocked back to a more realistic approach, rather than their present self deluding or destructive frame of mind. This is an analogy to the person withdrawing from the delusional and harmful drug.
It also refers to blunt statements, intended to improve a person. The idea here is that the person receiving the unpleasant yet true facts will be shocked back to a more realistic approach, rather than their present self deluding or destructive frame of mind. This is an analogy to the person withdrawing from the delusional and harmful drug.
Click http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19991130 for a variety of explanations of the origin of the term as provided by an American idiom-website.
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