# Polling: Popular terms for vomiting

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/41 "2006-11-23T17:38:16Z")

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I have no idea why, but my six-year old calls it “splitting”.

Mama, my tummy hurts, I gotta split!

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**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/42 "2006-11-23T18:32:53Z")

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Do a gut flush.  
Spew your chew.  
Second the motion.  
View your vittles.  
Degurgitate.  
Test your refluxes.  
Send a G-mail.  
Hold forth.  
Paint the curb.

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**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/43 "2006-11-23T19:39:26Z")

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Rather than **toss** , we always said **shoot** your cookies.  
(It had more of a projectile tone, I s’pose.)

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/44 "2006-11-23T20:31:26Z")

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Talking to dinosaurs on the big white phone.  
Bazooka barfing.  
Biological baptismal.

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**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 23, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-popular-terms-for-vomiting/381217/45 "2006-11-23T21:09:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Rysdad]  
Do a gut flush.  
Spew your chew.  
Second the motion.  
View your vittles.  
Degurgitate.  
Test your refluxes.  
Send a G-mail.  
Hold forth.  
Paint the curb.  
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_Now_ we’re getting somewhere!

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