# Polling: Popular terms for vomiting **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217 "2006-11-20T23:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/21 "2006-11-21T15:17:12Z")
Urp. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/22 "2006-11-21T16:36:53Z")
Singing the bucket aria. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/23 "2006-11-21T16:54:23Z")
Woof yer cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/24 "2006-11-21T17:04:50Z")
I have heard boating enthusiasts refer to “feeding the fish” in an understated sort of way. Tris ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/25 "2006-11-21T17:41:14Z")
This is a list of common terms among my friends over the years. Many have been covered already. Feeding the Fishes: Navy and Sailing Upchucking Puking Power Puking Praying to the Porcelain God: Repetitive vomiting into the toilet bowl. Tossing your Cookies Beer drinker’s diet Blowing Chunks Ralphing GIGO: one Linux geek I know that is a big beer binger uses this term. It is of course, Garbage In Garbage Out. Jim ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/26 "2006-11-21T17:50:43Z")
The Big Spit Shouting “Hughie”\<\<\<\<\<\<\< say that loud. you’ll unnerstand ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/27 "2006-11-21T18:02:59Z")
I always kind of liked “Involuntary personal protein spill.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/28 "2006-11-21T18:05:23Z")
When on a boat: calling whales Variant of two aforementioned: ordering buicks on the big white phone ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/29 "2006-11-21T19:10:32Z")
Delivering street pizza. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/30 "2006-11-21T19:41:49Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] Delivering street pizza. [/QUOTE] Love it. Would that be _hand tossed_? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/31 "2006-11-21T19:58:39Z")
My favorites: [ul] [li]Blowing chunks[/li][li]Eating backwards[/li][li]Hurl[/li][li]Spew[/li][li]Technicolor yawn[/li][li]Tossing one’s cookies[/li][li]Upchuck[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/32 "2006-11-21T20:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] I always kind of liked “Involuntary personal protein spill.” 🙂 [/QUOTE] Haha! So what do you call a voluntary personal protein spill? ---
**Author:** ![Nothing\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/33 "2006-11-21T20:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Pygmy Rugger] Haha! So what do you call a voluntary personal protein spill? [/QUOTE] THAT we call bulimia nervosa. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/34 "2006-11-21T20:24:54Z")
I always liked “calling dinosaurs”. Just imagine what the mating call of a T-Rex sounds like. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/35 "2006-11-22T00:49:47Z")
[QUOTE=Green Bean] Not me. I’m classier than that. I’m gonna call it the “vomit vahze.” 😛 My family spent a lot of time on boats. We called it “looking for Ralph,” because you’d lean over the side of the boat and call out “Ralph! Ralph! Ralph!” And on an international note: I understand that in the land down under, women blow and men chunder. [/QUOTE] Man, I always though it was women glow… We use the term ‘booting’ as in ‘As soon as the driver pulled over, I opened the door and booted everywhere.’ I like ‘tossing one’s cookies’ though. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/36 "2006-11-22T01:26:22Z")
My personal fave: Excuse me, I have to place a call to Europe. **YUURRRUUUUPPPPP!** ---
**Author:** ![Nothing\_Special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@Nothing\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nothing_Special)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/37 "2006-11-22T02:48:01Z")
And still nothing better than “Calling Ralph and Huey on the Big Porcelain Phone.” ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/38 "2006-11-22T16:04:02Z")
Another mild euphamism I used to hear was “Sharing his lunch.” Tris ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/39 "2006-11-22T16:57:06Z")
Ever since I saw the chocolate [Scharffen Berger](http://www.scharffenberger.com/), I’ve thought that was a great euphemism for hurling. “Dude, I had a rough night last night - I scharffenbergered all over this chick!” ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/40 "2006-11-22T18:22:31Z")
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