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[unbibium]

When the Wayne's World movies came out, they introduced to the English language many synonyms for the act of vomiting.

Hurl, blow chunks, spew, etc.  Very colorful.  Monosyllabic, even, so there's no excuse not to use them if you're sick of the word "puke" or "barf".

I haven't heard any of them in years.

In fact, even back in the 90's, I'd try to use them and it didn't come naturally.  Then my mom used "hurl" once and that was the end of that.

What just happened?

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[kirkjerk.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, maybe you don't want to take the mental energy to come up with a more vivid word.

I remember a T-shirt with a grid of various expressions, and the same illustration slightly modified for each one. Every once in a great while I'll bust out "worshipping the porcelin god", but the one that most sticks in my head is "technicolor yawn".

Two New Yorkisms I have actually heard my mom use, though I hope it was just a byproduct of her living in Manhattan and they won't come back... "perp" and "dis"...she actually said "don't you dis me!" when she was upset at something I had said. I was aghast.

Introduced?

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

Those expressions go back at least to the '60s. They were all current in the mid-'70s and are still used plenty around here.

My favorite is still the Wiess College expression "blow beets." In addition to suggesting the color of bloody spew, it's just so flavorful.