# Need to find a word! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 2, 2000, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774 "2000-09-02T12:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/1 "2000-09-02T12:32:36Z")
Let’s come up for a word that describes the spewing from nose and/or mouth all over the keyboard that results from the reading of something incredibly funny on the SDMB. My nomination is _snork_. snork. snorked. snorking. ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/2 "2000-09-02T13:13:08Z")
A good word, but it would have more of a chance with the charm of irregularity, vis: snork, snorkled, asnorkling. picmr ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/3 "2000-09-02T13:20:04Z")
I thought of that, but I do believe that _snorkling_ is already taken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/4 "2000-09-02T15:47:39Z")
How about _snorple_? Snorpled. Snorpling. ---
**Author:** ![Lost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/22d042/32.png) [@Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lost)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/5 "2000-09-02T16:48:06Z")
I’m thinking somthing that incorporates the laughing part, not just the spewing… splaugh, splaughing and splaughed. It’s hard to type to - lots of opportunity for misspelling, I like that! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/6 "2000-09-02T19:47:47Z")
In polite disagreement with **Lost** ’s preferences, I think the word should be the keyboard equivalent of onomatopoeia. That is, it should represent the keys struck by the sputum in question. Therefore, I nominate **mjkuy6b** , which is what I got when I smashed my head down on the keyboard just then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/7 "2000-09-02T19:49:56Z")
Oh, and that would be I mjkuy6b you mjkuy6b he/she/it mjkuy6bs we mjkuy6b you mjkuy6b they mjkuy6b to mjkuy6b, mjkuy6bed, have mjkuy6bed, have been mjkuy6bing pronunciation: just as it is spelled ---
**Author:** ![Ambumax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Ambumax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambumax)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/8 "2000-09-02T22:11:36Z")
_ **Hijack** _ ``` Snork eh? wasn't there a kid's TV show called the snorks? If I remember correctly, it was a big obvious ripoff of the smurfs and didn't last very long... ***** End Hijack ***** Seriously though, how about *spiggle* sort of a combination spit and giggle? ``` ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/9 "2000-09-03T00:14:19Z")
Well, didn’t they spew out the top of their heads when they were happy and/or excited? Seems to fit. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/10 "2000-09-03T05:00:52Z")
Splort… ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/11 "2000-09-03T06:38:47Z")
I like spiggle. Just my $0.02. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/12 "2000-09-03T07:51:35Z")
Doesn’t _spittake_ sufficiently cover the definition? Gads, I remember seeing the last spittake Danny Thomas did, on the Letterman show. Macauley Culkin did the setup; a thing o’ beauty it were. ---
**Author:** ![Erroneous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@Erroneous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erroneous)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/13 "2000-09-03T09:57:39Z")
“Suddenly, slythe read something so funny it caused him to **esnorkulate** all over his keyboard.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/14 "2000-09-03T13:01:20Z")
E-missives that cause this could be called _e-snorks_. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-word/31774/15 "2000-09-03T13:27:55Z")
If there are synonyms, it would be easier to write a limerick about the subject. [Which, y’all should be grateful to note, I will not attempt.]