The Medicine Line is the US/Canadian Border. Specifically, the part of the border that runs along the 49th Parallel from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean. In the frontier days when battles between US troops and Native Americans were common, the tribes would often flee North into British/Canadian territory to rest and recuperate after a fight. Because the land North of the 49th Parallel was not American territory, US soldiers were forced to stop at that point, and allow the tribes to get away. For it's apparently magical ability to stop advancing American troops, Native Americans gave the 49th Parallel the name "Medicine Line," a term that shows how tribes at that time believed medicine and magic to be closely connected.
The term is still used extensively in Western North America, especially by people who cross the border frequently.
The term is still used extensively in Western North America, especially by people who cross the border frequently.
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For a woman to be considered "below the Mendoza Line," she must be sufficiently crazy that it doesn't matter how beautiful she is; you would still not sleep with her.
Based on the baseball term of the same name, referring to the point at which a player's poor batting average cannot be justified despite his defensive abilities.
For a woman to be considered "below the Mendoza Line," she must be sufficiently crazy that it doesn't matter how beautiful she is; you would still not sleep with her.
Based on the baseball term of the same name, referring to the point at which a player's poor batting average cannot be justified despite his defensive abilities.
George- "Dude, Suzy's all over you tonight. Why are you ignoring her?"
Brett- "Trust me man, she's way below the Mendoza Line. Her last boyfriend had to change his social security number."
George- "...mind if I go for it?"
Brett- "Trust me man, she's way below the Mendoza Line. Her last boyfriend had to change his social security number."
George- "...mind if I go for it?"
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mediocrity.
phrase was coined by George Brett after a player named Mendoza who, uh, sucked
mediocrity.
phrase was coined by George Brett after a player named Mendoza who, uh, sucked
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"I was going to buy that old Suburban, then I find out it gets 10 mpg, and I'm like, 'No, that's below the Mendoza Line.'"
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