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[Trilliam]

That bit I get, the etymology I'm questioning.

 

[M'Sharak]

“I was sick all over the floor”

Is quite common usage here. Much more polite than “technicolour yawn”/ “spewed”/“chucked up”

“Technicolor yawn”? LOL! Never heard that one before.

I remember seeing that one in an article years ago (might have been in Rolling Stone, when said publication was still somewhat worth the paper it was printed on.) Listed were quite a few picturesque terms for that particular activity; I can't remember them all, but I recall being quite amused by "singing lunch" and "say hello to the tiger".

No idea

He means it's his phrase for serious vomiting episodes.

That bit I get, the etymology I'm questioning.

Yeah, that one escapes me, too, unless perhaps the driving is the same as in "driving the porcelain bus" and the "york" in "Yorktown" is more or less onomatepoeic.

 

[Trilliam]

"Driving the porcelain bus" makes sense, the "buick" doesn't.

 

[Deckerd]

"Driving the porcelain bus" makes sense, the "buick" doesn't.

We call it 'using the great white telephone'

 

[RJDiogenes]

He means it's his phrase for serious vomiting episodes.

That bit I get, the etymology I'm questioning.

Yeah, that one escapes me, too, unless perhaps the driving is the same as in "driving the porcelain bus" and the "york" in "Yorktown" is more or less onomatepoeic.

Both are. It's like, "Driving Bewwicks to Yorrrktown.

 

[Trilliam]

Which brings this thread back to pronunciation

 

[Cornholio]

yeah, and umm, don't forget projectile vomit

My number 4 baby was an Olympic gold medal contenter in this sport!

I've been an unwilling participant in that sport far too many times. one of the few things I remember from the 80's.

"Driving the porcelain bus" makes sense, the "buick" doesn't.

and then there's "worshiping the porcelain god".

 

[Trilliam]

Daughter doesn't remember - she was between newborn and 10 months old when she was doing this.