Thursday, July 1, 2010

Slang word of the day: anti-Midas touch

Today's slang word of the day is anti-Midas touch. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

anti-Midas touch

noun

  • a curse in which everything one interacts with turns out badly. From King Midas (of Greek mythology) whose touch would turn things to gold.
    It was like the golden one had the anti-Midas touch: everything he touched turned to dirt.

    -- "Perky Parks plays to crowd", Scotsman - Sports, Richard Bath, 14 March 2010

-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)

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