How Many Ways Can You Say Vomit?

English is a colorful language. Maybe lots of languages are equally colorful; I wouldn't know, since I only speak English. But English, for sure, is colorful.

For example, how many ways can one express the idea of vomiting?

vomit

throw up

upchuck

get sick

puke

hurl

barf

yang

spew

ralph

spit up (only appropriate for newborns)

And those were just off the top of my head. A quick perusal of a thesaurus adds:

disgorge

bring up

heave

eject

emit

expel

regurgitate

retch (good one!)

ruminate

But the best ones are the euphemisms that I suspect were all created by college frat boys:

toss your cookies

lose your lunch

shout at your shoes

blow chow

the multicolored yawn

drive the big white Buick

recycle your lunch

I have declined to include many of the most colorful expressions because they made me, well, a little nauseated. If you are really curious, you can see more at www.VomitNames.com (I am not making this up. Click at your own risk).

And to those who are already planning to e-rebuke me for this post: you are right. I apologize.