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the orange dust NASA carried to space, then everyone pretended invented gravity-defying breakfast.
means A sharp, penetrating taste or smell — and, by extension, the slender projecting part of a tool's blade that fits into the handle.
from From Old Norse 'tangi,' meaning a point or spike — the sharp projecting tongue of metal where a knife meets its handle. English borrowed it for that literal spike, then let the word drift toward the figurative: a flavor so pointed it seems to jab the tongue. (The breakfast drink is an unrelated 1950s brand name, which the essence happily exploits.)
space mythNASA bought it; never invented it
debutFlopped in 1957 until astronauts drank it
no juiceContains zero actual orange juice
nameMeans a sharp, lingering taste
globalHuge in Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico