aphrodisiac

• “Hmm ... well, you know how much cold-blooded murder turns on good Christian chicks, man ... it's like a frickin 'aphrodisiac to' em.”

  Your Right Hand Thief

• “It isn't clear how available the aphrodisiac is elsewhere in the U.S., although some similar products have been seized from suspected drug traffickers in other East Coast cities, authorities said.”

  New York City Issues Firm Warning Over Fatal Toad-Venom Aphrodisiac - The Consumerist

• “The Egyptians especially delight in aphrodisiac literature treating, as the Turks say, de la partie au-dessous de la taille; and from fifteen hundred to two thousand copies of a new work, usually lithographed in cheap form, readily sell off.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “For starters, the word aphrodisiac comes from Aphrodite, the goddess of love (and Venus 'Greek counterpart).”

  mental_floss Blog

• “Aphrodite, who is the Greek goddess of love -- that's where the word aphrodisiac comes from, rose from the sea on an oyster," registered dietician Lauren Slayton said.”

  Traffic - WCBSTV.com

• “Primarily, revolt, seduction, mischief: then a beautiful girl (or boy), and lastly a certain aphrodisiac perfume extracted from mimosa-flowers (Pilgrimage i.,”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “Addiction to durians (Durio zibethinus Murray) may be due to these compounds, and the so-called aphrodisiac effect is, I suspect, via a mild irritant action on vascular and mucous tissue.”

  Chapter 19

• “Rebranded in an attempt to lose their 'aphrodisiac' image.”

  Archive 2009-04-01

• “This isn't some kind of aphrodisiac that we can put in the water and have suddenly sexually interested women in our population," Sand said.”

  The Washington Post: FDA considers endorsement of drug that some call a Viagra for women

• “On the other hand, they might be some kind of aphrodisiac like the mandrake plant.”

  NPR: You Say Tomato, I Say 'Love Apple'

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