Toxic Gumbo Edit Meaning

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(TOCKS ick GUM bow) adj. in reference to the foul, fetid, putrid, industrially polluted, bloated corpse filled flood waters that innundated 'soup bowl' shaped New Orleans for weeks after the damage from Hurricane Katrinacaused the unsafe levee system to fail miserably

evacuee on roof 1: Gee, I wouldn't drink that water if I were you.

evacuee on roof 2: Why not? I'm thirsty as hell.

evacuee on roof 1: It looks like toxic gumbo to me. Wait for FEMA to rescue us. They'll be here soon.

evacuee on roof 2: I think I saw them over at the nursing home.