lithium lick

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

lithium lick
 n.

   [NeXT] Steve Jobs. Employees who have gotten too much attention from
   their esteemed founder are said to have `lithium lick' when they begin
   to show signs of Jobsian fervor and repeat the most recent catch
   phrases in normal conversation -- for example, "It just works, right
   out of the box!"

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

lithium lick

   {NeXT} employees who have had too much attention from their
   esteemed founder, {Steve Jobs}, are said to have "lithium
   lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and
   repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation,
   e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"

   [{Jargon File}]

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