sourstuff means oxygen. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 93 out of 100.
Etymology
From sour + stuff. Calque of German Sauerstoff (“oxygen”) and/or Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), both loose loan translations of French oxygène. See oxygen for more.
noun
- Oxygen.“This is approximately the heat of exploding what the Germans call bang-gas (mixture of sourstuff and waterstuff), the result being liquid.”