It took three people to operate the.50 caliber antiaircraft guns — one to aim and two to load the ammunition packs — and it was often used in ground-support roles, where it earned the nickname of Meat Chopper.
At school, Duncan is nicknamed "Lunch Meat" after someone slaps a piece of bologna on his back.
In China, where its illegal use in farming has been well documented, clenbuterol is nicknamed "lean meat powder".
Does anyone wonder why it's nicknamed the meat market?
"I still remember when beef was nicknamed the millionaire's meat," said Zhang, who reckoned that he spends around 600 yuan, or $88, each week on food, and half of that on meat.
One village, Zhulin, which is at the centre of the scandal, earned the nickname "to Hong Kong" for its steady supply of meat to the territory.
In the 1880s it was created to ensure the British troops at the key port outpost in Aden, part of Yemen today, had meat, garnering the area the nickname "Aden's Butcher Shop".
Its resident kingpin, William Cutting Daniell Day-Lewis), is a mustachioed one-eyed brute nicknamed Bill the Butcher, who wields a meat cleaver while leading a small army of so-called Nativists in combat against rival troops of Irish immigrants.
In 1982, the average Chinese person ate just 13kg of meat a year and beef was nicknamed "millionaire's meat" due to its scarcity.
The nicknames are pretty good, though, including "Mean" and "Meat Loaf".
