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red mercury

British

noun

a supposedly radioactive substance that could be used in a bomb made from nuclear waste, widely believed to be part of a confidence trick in which gangsters sold useless material to terrorists in the early 1990s

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“Have you said thank you once?” asked Vance as the red Teletubby.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025

His co-star John Simmit, who played green Teletubby Dipsy, said he was "remembering the many good times" in a post that was retweeted by Pui Fan Lee, aka red Teletubby Po.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2018

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