# Synonyms for "vomit" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150 "2000-04-17T21:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/1 "2000-04-17T21:05:00Z")
In high school we used to discuss various synonyms for what I feel is a most colorful word: > [@](#): > > Vomit: verb - an act or instance of disgorging the contents of the stomach through the mouth; also : the disgorged matter. A sampling of synonyms (from [www.m-w.com):](http://www.m-w.com)🙂 disgorge spew forth belch gush spew What is **your** fave? ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/2 "2000-04-17T21:07:00Z")
Ralph. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/3 "2000-04-17T21:07:00Z")
Ralph. That one just cracks me up. * * * **TMR** _If you believed in yourself, and tore enough holes in your pants, there was always a mist-filled alley right around the corner._ ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/4 "2000-04-17T21:09:00Z")
My favorite is “the Technicolor Yawn.” But I know dozens… I’ll spew them forth if it seems necessary. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/5 "2000-04-17T21:22:00Z")
1. Drive the porcelain bus… 2. Hurl… 3. Techicolor blow chow… 4. Leave an offering at the circular church… 5. Chum… * * * Rich “G7SUBS” ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/6 "2000-04-17T21:28:00Z")
Yack, Yark, Pray to the porcelain God. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/7 "2000-04-17T21:31:00Z")
Spew. Honk. Hornk. Hurl. Toss cookies. Blow chunks. Heave. But the best is: Talk to Ralph on the big white phone. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/8 "2000-04-17T21:37:00Z")
Bowl-yodeling. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/9 "2000-04-17T21:43:00Z")
I saved my favorite… It’s “hork.” **MaxTorque** came close with “hornk,” but hork is a more pure form. I like it so much because it is onomatopoeic; try it! _ **Hoorrrk!** _ * * * _“I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea – a practice I shall always follow.”_ -Robert A. Heinlein ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/10 "2000-04-17T21:59:00Z")
Puke. * * * Yer pal, Satan [http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif](http://www.raleighmusic.com/board/Images/devil.gif) _I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: One week, one day, 19 hours, 59 minutes and 24 seconds. 353 cigarettes not smoked, saving $44.16. Life saved: 1 day, 5 hours, 25 minutes._ ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/11 "2000-04-17T22:07:00Z")
The Big Spit. I believe we have the good doctor, Hunter S. Thompson, to thank for this one. -Curtis ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/12 "2000-04-17T22:08:00Z")
Y’all left out regurgitate. ---
**Author:** ![TripleAnt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TripleAnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TripleAnt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/13 "2000-04-17T22:14:00Z")
George Carlin came up with Engage in an involuntary personal protein spill. * * * This is the most exciting thing I’ve seen since Halley’s Comet collided with the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/14 "2000-04-17T22:17:00Z")
Engage in an involuntary personal protein spill. Shout for Huey. Sell Buicks. * * * Live a Lush Life Da Chef ---
**Author:** ![Viscera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/258eb7/32.png) [@Viscera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viscera)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/15 "2000-04-17T22:33:00Z")
## Upchuck. **Vispair:** ™ (Inspired by [Despair, Inc.](http://www.despair.com)) **Teamwork:** When you do all the work, and your co-workers get the credit. **Irony:** The light at the end of the tunnel is actually a pair of headlights. ---
**Author:** ![Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/16 "2000-04-17T22:55:00Z")
Pull (or do) a Daniel Boone. ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/17 "2000-04-17T22:58:00Z")
I’m surprised no one has said **barf**. Haha! **BARF!** * * * _That was a well-plotted piece of non-claptrap that never made me want to retch._ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/18 "2000-04-17T23:03:00Z")
I was going to say Talk to Ralph on the big white phone, but Max beat me to it. Worship at the porcelain altar. Be unwell Toss your cookies Take another look at lunch Graphically state your dissatisfaction with the quality of the food (I just made that one up) * * * Seven out, line away, pay the don’ts and last come. ---
**Author:** ![Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/19 "2000-04-17T23:08:00Z")
Round trip meal ticket. Genuflect before the ceramic alter. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150/20 "2000-04-17T23:12:00Z")
Good God, people, if this keeps up we’ll have as many euphemisms for vomiting as we do for fucking. * * * Armed, dangerous … and off my medication. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synonyms-for-vomit/16150.md?page=2)