Talk:Vomiting

Slang terms

I am inclined to remove the entire list of examples from the "In language" paragraph. It suffers from a very bad lack of verifiability, and there are numerous attempts to popularise newly coined terms by adding them to this list, usually without evidence of usage. JFW | T@lk 15:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Scalpy (talk · contribs) has been repeatedly inserting the term "shouting to Huey". When Googling for this term, one needs to embrace it with "quotation marks" to get the actual number of uses. I get 18 hits with this, none of which appear to be reliable sources. It isn't even on urbandictionary, usually an indication that it is one of thousands of colourful terms for vomiting that does not belong on Wikipedia. I am waiting for a response. JFW | T@lk 17:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

The user has not responded here, but in an edit summary makes the fair point that many of these terms listed have exactly the same problem on being of unverifiable relevance. I have now removed the entire paragraph, and await responses here. JFW | T@lk 20:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

To my knowledge, the phrase "call for Hughie/Huey" (and "call for Ralph") for vomiting originates in a sketch by the well known Scottish comedian Billy Connolly almost 30 years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.53.69.150 (talk) 07:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

How kin wee hep mak this artucul bettur?

BigBubbaUSA (talk) 06:51, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Merger_proposal

I made the templates. figured Fecal vomiting had very little to add and so should be merged here. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:51, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

technical terminology from heroin article.

Side effects of heroin were described by the first one to synthesize it as creating a "...slight tendency to vomiting in some cases, but no actual emesis." Emesis and vomiting are given as synonyms here in this article, is there / was there ever a technical distinction for the two? In the side bar in the article it also gives: "Vomiting (protracted)", any explanation as to what protracted vomiting is? Does it have something to do with "vomiting...but no actual emesis"? 67.5.157.65 (talk) 08:06, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Emesis = vomiting

"Slight tendency to vomiting" is known to normal people as nausea. Whoever came up with that convoluted phrasing. The error is there, not here. JFW | T@lk 14:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Alternative spelling of the word

Isn't the British spelling of the word "vomitting"? It might be worth adding a Spelling differences template. (I am not sure if the alternative spelling is standard British English, but it definitely does exist.) --NetRolller 3D 17:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

No it's not. Perhaps it should be, but consistency has never been the hallmark of British English. (I'm English, so I should know!)

Tactical?

I do not agree that a "tactical chunder" is performed so that the person regains enough room in his stomach to continue drinking alcohol. Main usage of the term is at the end of an evening's drinking, to prevent a hangover next day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.53.69.150 (talk) 07:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Merger

I don't think that they should be merged, as they are separate things (vomiting and regurgitation) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.41.125 (talk) 22:47, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

lol

lol ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.251.125 (talk) 23:54, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Needs Citations

Not sure about the original research limitations on something that is clearly verifiable. I hope to add citations in a few weeks when I get back to my medical notes and texts —Preceding unsigned comment added by ConvertfromIslam (talk • contribs) 05:59, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Drawing of Man Vomiting

Why is this here? This is not an illustration which is up to Wiki's standards. I vote to remove. C.anguschandler (talk) 20:07, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Why is it any worse than that 14th century painting?81.154.178.9 (talk) 00:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Just my opinion of course but I think it is an accurate and clear depiction of the act of vomiting. I haven't got a problem with it. Fieldday-sunday (talk) 01:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree it should be removed. 81.101.44.107 (talk) 22:08, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Crappy art? 75.15.218.118 (talk) 02:24, 23 November 2008 (UTC)monz

I also agree it should be removed. I would argue for a much more modern, explicit depiction of vomit. I know it's gross and icky and what-have-you, but neither of the images in this article actually depict vomiting or vomit very accurately. The top one, the "14th century painting", seems to show a woman pouring blood out of a man's head. And the second one seems to be a guy lying in a pool of blood, or just leaning his head on a toilet. Neither image is "an accurate and clear depiction of the act of vomiting." Fuzzform (talk) 04:32, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I agree. The pictures don't seem to relate to the article's topic, and they are kinda disturbing. I vote to replace it, or even better, delete it. We all pretty much know what vomiting looks like. And for those that don't, you are really lucky and don't need to know what it looks like. I say we put it to a vote. Vote in the section below this one. The majority of the votes will decide whether or not it is deleted. Voting will end by 4/1/09 (April 1, 2009). If there is a tie, it stays. Rob657 (talk) 04:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)Rob657

Should it stay? Vote here.

I say remove it. Rob657 (talk) 04:19, 4 March 2009 (UTC)Rob657

Other Reasons for Vomiting

What about intense physical activity, I think many people who have been on sports teams will vouch that sometimes people throw up after they have been made to do some sort of extreme training - usually in the form of vigorous running(suicides come to mind). I didn't think any of the other causes included this unless the emesis in these cases is because of one of the other causes, anyone else's thoughts? 70.250.215.116 (talk) 05:19, 18 December 2008 (UTC)