The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
lithium lick
n.
[NeXT] Steve Jobs. Employees who have gotten too much attention from their
esteemed founder are said to have ?lithium lick? when they begin to show
signs of Jobsian fervor and repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal
conversation ? for example, ?It just works, right out of the box!?
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
lithium lick
NeXT employees who have had too much attention from their
esteemed founder, Steve Jobs, are said to have "lithium
lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and
repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation,
e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"
[Jargon File]