OT: Gin bloom

[Jenny M Benson]

My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from. I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.

Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

[Penny]

On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:59:32 +0100, Jenny M Benson <***@hotmail.co.uk>
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Jenny M Benson
My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from. I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.
Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

Not found in any of my slang dictionaries or Brewers.

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

Post by Penny
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Jenny M Benson
My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from. I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.
Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

Not found in any of my slang dictionaries or Brewers.

Brewers would seem very appropriate (well, distillers, but that's
splitting hairs ...); I wonder if Rex (or Kenton?) might know.

Maybe it was one of your father's own invention? We have several in our
family, often initialisms like nacits and poohm.

You _could_ ask the genealogists - they're not bad on history; or APIHNA
might know. (Or AUE/AEU, if you can stand the heat in there.)

[Sid Nuncius]

Post by Jenny M Benson
My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from.  I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.
Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

Can't help with that, but I suspect that their second album was rubbish.

[Mike]

Post by Sid Nuncius

Post by Jenny M Benson
My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from.  I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.
Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

Can't help with that, but I suspect that their second album was rubbish.

Yes, probably a load of botanicals!

[Flop]

Post by Jenny M Benson
My sister has just e-mailed me, asking if I remember my father referring
to (particularly food) stains on one's clothing as "gin bloom" and
wondering where the expression came from.  I remember it well, but
Goggling the phrase just brings up hundreds of pages on the Bloom Gin brand.
Does anyrat know the phrase or know its origin?

Not unless it is:-

"The only time I ever enjoyed ironing was the day I accidentally got gin
in the steam iron.

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