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Re:Scottish Nitroglycerin and One Legged Stools (2014) by dredmorbius on Saturday October 03, 2020 @01:04PM (#24673296)
I'm suspecting a meaning of "marked by uncontrolled excitement". Given deliberate language of the article otherwise.

Suggesting freshly-brewed, not-yet settled nitroglycerine.

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Re:Scottish Nitroglycerin and One Legged Stools (2014) by philipkglass on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:53PM (#24673928)
It is "when made" in the original: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030656139&vi...
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Re:Scottish Nitroglycerin and One Legged Stools (2014) by dredmorbius on Saturday October 03, 2020 @03:11PM (#24674030)
Thanks. That settles it.
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Re:Scottish Nitroglycerin and One Legged Stools (2014) by teddyh on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:02PM (#24673632)
I think that “when made” would make more sense in context.
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Re:Scottish Nitroglycerin and One Legged Stools (2014) by dredmorbius on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:02PM (#24674321)
Apparently yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24673928
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