Synonyms for... well, don't open this right after you eat.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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OK, this one post reminded me of my misspent youth. Actually just when I was young and dumb, which is pretty much the same thing. But I’m a mature responsible adult now, and I don’t do anything like drink or smoke any more. Except when I drink, but I never smoke. So there you go.

Anyway I used the word “puke”.

Now, as far as words go, it’s OK. It has a nice visceral impact. It’s not pretentious. A fine word.

But it’s not the only word I could have used.

I could have used, say…
Blow chunks.
Chunder.
Heave.
Review past meals.
Selling Buicks to Ralph.
Spew. (Ssssspeeeeeewwww!!!)
Talking on the porcelain phone.
The Technicolor yawn.
Upchuck.
Vomit.

Any more?
-Rue.

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My favorite: hurl

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Honk
Talking to Ralph on the big white phone
Praying to the porcelain gods
Tossed one’s cookies

This past week in French class, I learned the term “vomir”. Maybe Rue could have said, “Quand je m’ai reveillé, j’ai vomi.” But only if he was talking on le Straight Dope Message Board [corny French laugh here: honh honh honh!].

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One of my favorites is “shoot the cat” from georgian/regency England.

Just imagine what you are shooting the cat with

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I prefer “yark”.

It just seems to fit the situation.

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I always use “barf”.
[Spaceballs moment] “Who are you?”
“Baaarf”
“Not in here you don’t!” [/Spaceballs moment]
I like the colorful phrase “toss a sidewalk pizza”, though I don’t remember to use it very often.

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To paraphrase Jets To Brazil, taking a call on the white courtesy telephone.

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Kack. At least, that’s what we always called it when our son was a baby and spit up. Somehow, baby spit-up seems to fit the word “kack.”

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toss (the) cookies

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Gotta agree with Dave on “kack.” I also like “hork” and “hurl.”

But Silky’s “yark” just cracked me up. I think it’s my new favorite. :smiley:

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In Korean: “O-bite”

Konglish: (I assume) short for ‘over bite’ or ‘over eat’.

Koreans do a lot of this (too much soju, but that’s in another thread), I’ll have to ask Astrogirl for more expressions for this… there must be many!

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Yak

Laughing at my feet

Yodeling into the porcelain megaphone

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I think “lost my lunch” is nicely understated…

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Isn’t “soul coughing” a euphemism for throwing up?

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katie, it is now.

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I’m kinda partial to “horking up a lung”… Tho that’s really more applicable to a bad cough, isn’t it? Never mind… I should never post in vomit threads.

[sub]<exiting quietly>

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I’m afraid we can’t accept “exiting quietly” as a synonym. But thanks for playing.

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I like Archie Bunker’s “barf up”

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I always quite liked “Calling Ruth”.

Ruuuuuuuutttthhhhhhh

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Driving the porcelain bus.