ex-lax fish

English

Alternative forms

Ex-lax fish, Ex-Lax fish

Etymology

Ex-Lax +‎ fish. From Ex-Lax, a brand of laxative, because the fish flesh contains wax esters that can cause keriorrhea, gempylotoxism, steatorrhea, or gempylid fish poisoning, with diarrhea a major symptom.

Noun

ex-lax fish (uncountable)

  1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of escolar (an oily marine fish with white flesh, reminiscent of, and fraudulently passed off as, tuna)

Synonyms
  • laxative of the sea
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