# "I think I threw up a little in my mouth." Origin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741 "2005-11-12T17:06:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/1 "2005-11-12T17:06:14Z")
I know I know the answer to this, but I just can’t seem to access that part of my brain at the moment. Where did the phrase “I think I threw up a little in my mouth” originate? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/2 "2005-11-12T17:12:42Z")
[_Dodgeball_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364725/) ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/3 "2005-11-12T17:15:42Z")
Hmmm, never saw Dodgeball. Wonder why it seemed so familiar to me - it’s doubtful I even saw the trailers. Guess it’s one of those pop culture memes that just took hold. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/4 "2005-11-12T17:18:04Z")
White Goodman: We should mate. Kate Veatch: What? White Goodman: Date! We should date some time. Socially. Go out and kick it. [looks like she’s choking] White Goodman: Are you okay? Kate Veatch: I’m fine. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. White Goodman: In some cultures, they only eat vomit. I never been there, but I read about it… _in a book_. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![La\_Llorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@La\_Llorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_Llorona)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/5 "2005-11-12T17:42:51Z")
I have to quibble with **silenus** –I have a distinct recollection of having heard Sophia from “The Golden Girls” say this phrase (I believe it was specifically “I think I _just_ threw up a little in my mouth”), and that was certainly long before _Dodgeball_. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was one of those dastardly memes that defies any attempt to find its origin, though. The Dastardly Memes: band name? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/6 "2005-11-12T17:44:55Z")
Let me asure that it was around well before that. I’ll poke around, but I think I recall seeing our own **MissCreant** saying it back in 2002 or earlier in response to some colorful comment. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/7 "2005-11-12T18:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > “I think I threw up a little in my mouth.” Origin? That cold pizza I had for breakfast. Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/8 "2005-11-12T18:18:56Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > That cold pizza I had for breakfast. > > Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. And the phrase, “I threw up a little in my anus.” would just be too disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/9 "2005-11-12T18:21:16Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > And the phrase, “I threw up a little in my anus.” would just be too disturbing. And inaccurate, seeing as how your anus would be throwing _down_!! OK, I’ll stop posting now! ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/10 "2005-11-12T18:26:04Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > That cold pizza I had for breakfast. > > Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. I dunno, it isn’t redundant really to me. It sort of evokes a feeling of (blech) throwing up but not actually _out_. There’s a specific meaning to “threw up a little in my mouth” in my opinion, separate from just throwing up. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/11 "2005-11-12T21:03:22Z")
I think the first time I heard a “mini throw up” joke was on Will & Grace, but Golden Girls would have that beat. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/12 "2005-11-12T21:08:46Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > OK, I’ll stop posting now! Please don’t. You’ve got a rather good username and a decent sense of humour. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/13 "2005-11-12T21:08:49Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > That cold pizza I had for breakfast. > > Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. Not really, though. I mean, isn’t it just one of those really hard belches where you actually get a little vomit coming up? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/14 "2005-11-12T21:30:25Z")
First time I heard it was on SNL. Matthew Broderick was the host, he was in a sketch where he played George Stephanopoulus on Barbara Walter’s _The View_. One of the questions George was asked was, “Which one of us would you most like to sleep with?” The thread title was his response. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/15 "2005-11-12T21:50:04Z")
It’s in Zoolander, if I recall correctly. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/16 "2005-11-12T23:48:12Z")
I clearly heard it in the one of the early episodes of **Wonderfalls** : “I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.”–spoken by Jaye Tyler ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/17 "2005-11-13T01:32:04Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > That cold pizza I had for breakfast. > > Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. It’s not redundant; it’s childishly specific. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/18 "2005-11-13T02:04:52Z")
I seem to recall the line from a Woody Allen movie, circa “Play it again, Sam”. I could be wildly mistaken, however. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/19 "2005-11-13T02:22:47Z")
> [@Linty Fresh](#): > > That cold pizza I had for breakfast. > > Seriously, though, this was around a while before Dodgeball. I’ve always heard it as “That made me throw up a little,” 'cause when you think about it, “I threw up a little in my mouth” is sort of redundant. Not really. The “in my mouth” part denotes that you were able to choke it back down. “I threw up a little,” implies that you actually expelled the vomit. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2005, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741/20 "2005-11-13T02:41:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Not really. The “in my mouth” part denotes that you were able to choke it back down. “I threw up a little,” implies that you actually expelled the vomit. All this time, I thought it was a reference to acid reflux. Hmm. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-threw-up-a-little-in-my-mouth-origin/330741.md?page=2)