Giving evidence to the parliamentary committee inquiry into the Iraq war, Jack Straw said that the "dodgy dossier" has been "a complete horlicks." Why "horlicks"?

fosse4

Brewers 20th Century Phrase and Fable gives this as 1980's slang named after a trade named milk drink but probably more closely related to the fact that the word sounds like and is more socially accepted than .... (not a word for a family site referring to male sexual parts) Jun 25 03, 2:19 PM

Linus_337

Ahhhhhhhh. I see. Thanks fosse. That reminds me of a story about a man who took his son to watch the London American Football team a few years ago. He said he was absolutely disgusted by the chanting of the crowd, until his son informed him that, following the blast of the air-horn, the crowd were actually shouting "Monarchs!" Jun 25 03, 2:54 PM