Loogie (1985)

[Wilson Gray]

I know "lunger," too. Oddly enough, though, I don't know of a
specifically-BE term for this activity. There's only "spit out some
flim." Well, having to use "some" may be specifically black. "Spit out
flim" is not quite right, somehow. It feels more like a definition
than something that someone would say naturally.

-Wilson

On 7/4/06, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> Here's an uncontrolled (I think) sample:
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> I've heard "looie" and "loogie" both for a long time. "Oyster" too. Also
> "lunger" ("lung-er" /lVN at r/, 'from the lung', I guess). Not "hawker" though.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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