{"id":18568,"date":"2022-07-15T11:55:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1681557"},"modified":"2022-07-15T12:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T10:20:10","slug":"what-is-elephant-juice-lucas-love-island-lingo-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-is-elephant-juice-lucas-love-island-lingo-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"What is \u201celephant juice\u201d? Luca\u2019s Love Island lingo explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 15 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>From recoupling and grafting to sex codes based on breakfast foods, Love Islanders over the years have certainly been creative with their vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>However, some coded terms have been harder than others for viewers at home to get their heads around and recently, fans have been left baffled by one phrase <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-start-time-itv\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island 2022<\/a> contestant <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-luca-bish\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Luca Bish<\/a>\u00a0has been using.<\/p>\n<p>Last night\u2019s episode (14th July) of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-watch-stream\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">the ITV2 dating show<\/a> saw Bish take <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2022-contestant-gemma-owen\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Gemma Owen<\/a> to the terrace to confess his undying love for her.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to foreshadow the moment earlier that evening during the dramatic recouping, as the fishmonger turned to Gemma and told her that\u00a0he was getting bored of their \u2018elephant juice\u2019 comments.<\/p>\n<p>But what exactly is the meaning behind \u2018elephant juice\u2019 and why has Luca Bish been whispering it in Gemma\u2019s ear?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is \u2018elephant juice\u2019? Luca\u2019s Love Island lingo explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/loveislandsr8ep905-311490f.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=153px%2C0px%2C1621px%2C1080px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/06\/loveislandsr8ep905-311490f.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=153px%2C0px%2C1621px%2C1080px&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a> fans taking to Twitter have been quick to explain that the words \u2018elephant juice\u2019 generate a similar pattern of lip movements to \u2018I love you.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">When elephant juice turns into I love you ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIsland?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/8VY0ORdFTS&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/8VY0ORdFTS<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Love Island (@LoveIsland) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoveIsland\/status\/1547679361205080066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>One viewer tweeted:\u201dIf you mouth elephant juice or elephant shoes it looks like you\u2019re saying I love you!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;css-1dbjc4n&quot;\">Another said: \u201c<span class=\"&quot;css-901oao\" css-16my406=\"\" r-poiln3=\"\" r-bcqeeo=\"\" r-qvutc0=\"\">I\u2019m actually glad that Luca said I love you because I was going to vomit if he said elephant juice again <\/span><span class=\"&quot;r-18u37iz&quot;\">#LoveIsland\u201d.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"&quot;css-1dbjc4n\" r-1r5su4o=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;css-1dbjc4n\" r-1awozwy=\"\" r-18u37iz=\"\" r-1wtj0ep=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">If you mouth elephant juice or elephant shoes it looks like you\u2019re saying I love you!<\/p>\u2014 rach carton (@Panicattherach) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/Panicattherach\/status\/1547833715853643776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>The coded term first featured in the 1999 film Elephant Juice, directed by Sam Miller, which follows four young couples on the quest for love.<\/p>\n<p>Luca\u2019s confession came following the couple\u2019s first date earlier this week, in which they enjoyed a picnic by the sea.<\/p>\n<p>While some viewers may have expected Luca to ask Gemma to be his girlfriend, he revealed during the date why he\u2019s holding back from making their relationship official.<\/p>\n<p>Luca told Gemma he knew that he\u2019d have to get approval from her mother Louise Bonsall before their relationship could progress any further.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love Island 2022 continues tonight (Friday 15th July) at 9pm on ITV2 and ITV Hub. 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