Someone in this 1941 movie said “puke,” (which hit home, given I currently have food poisoning), and I would have thought that word had MUCH later origins - ThreadSky

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jennlynnjordan.bsky.social • 15 days ago

Someone in this 1941 movie said “puke,” (which hit home, given I currently have food poisoning), and I would have thought that word had MUCH later origins

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adammbishop.bsky.social•15 days ago

The "all the world's a stage" speech in As You Like It mentions a child mewling and puking

jennlynnjordan.bsky.social•15 days ago

Totally forgot about that! Imagining that speech with a 90s Valspeak accent now

barootes.bsky.social•15 days ago

jennlynnjordan.bsky.social•15 days ago

As a recovering medievalist I should know this 🤣 Its 90s popularity eclipsed its history for me

barootes.bsky.social•15 days ago

Now off to investigate barf....

Will report back.

barootes.bsky.social•15 days ago

Fascinating.

And obviously earlier, if it first turns up in a slang dictionary!

jennlynnjordan.bsky.social•15 days ago

Interesting!! What a rich array of euphemisms we’ve evolved

jennlynnjordan.bsky.social•15 days ago

Thanks, OED!

jennlynnjordan.bsky.social•15 days ago

We moved on to Sullivan’s Travels and I was shocked to learn where the Coen Bros got the title from!

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