throwup, n.

[Alison Murie]

On Nov 21, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Not sure which is stranger: its absence from OED or an apparently
> authentic
> 1918 ex.:
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> 1918 in Emile M. Calhoun _WW1 Diary of Pvt. Emile M. Calhoun_ , ed.
> Michael
> C. Joseph. [Independence, Mo.: Two Trails Publishing Co., 1999] 25:
> The
> latrines are full of sea sick ones too; Can't step without stepping in
> throw-up.
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> I can't verify the quote because I found it in a secondary source,
> and GB
> doesn't "preview" the original.
>
> Needless (?) to say this term has been familiar to me for at least
> forty
> years.
>
> JL
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And to me for nearly eighty.
AM

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