upchuck

Mike Cleven ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM
Thu Feb 15 05:59:40 UTC 2001


on the subject of Chinook words finding their way into widespread
English - e.g. hooch, the sticks - I thought of this word, which maybe
even was a witty pun on "throw up" in hybrid Jargon-English; I'm sure
Alan Harper might have a provenance for it for us, if there is one, but
the idea of "up water/fluid" seems particularly apt, dunnit?

MC



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