Slip someone a Mickey means to doctor a drink and give it to an unwitting person. The phrase refers to Mickey Finn, manager of Chicago’s Lone Star Saloon in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who was accused of drugging customers and robbing...
Ralphing, slang for vomiting, is onomatopoeic, modeled on the harsh sound itself, and dates at least to the 1960s. Kelsey in Tallahassee, Florida, went looking for a clever way to describe her dog throwing up on her paperwork and wondered whether...
A veteranian says her colleague insists that nauseous means “contagious.” Is that right? And if you’re queasy, are you nauseous or nauseated? This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Nauseous vs. Nauseated”...
protein spill n. vomit or the act of vomiting. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
flip v. to force oneself to vomit, esp. among horse-racing jockeys. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)