MetaChat - Where does the phrase, "I just vomited a little in my mouth" come from?

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04 May 2006

Where does the phrase, "I just vomited a little in my mouth" come from? I seem to be hearing it everywhere all of a sudden.

post by: JanetLand at: 14:59 | 11 comments

I think it's from "Dodgeball".

White Goodman: We should mate.
Kate Veatch: What?
White Goodman: Date! We should date some time. Socially. Go out and kick it.
[Kate retches, then forces it down]
White Goodman: Are you okay?
Kate Veatch: I'm fine. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
White Goodman: In some cultures, they only eat vomit. I never been there, but I read about it... *in a book*.

posted by interrobang 04 May | 15:06

Mmmm, I think I heard it before Dodgeball. It's been floating around the blogosphere for years.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 04 May | 15:11

Yeah, it's older than dodgeball. I'd guess at least six years or so.

posted by Ethereal Bligh 04 May | 15:13

I never thought of it as a catchphrase - just something people say. I know I've heard it (or a variation of the phrase) since grade school.

posted by Slack-a-gogo 04 May | 15:13

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posted by Capn 04 May | 15:19

Thanks for finding that, Capn. I tried a very quick Google search, and when it didn't reveal anything (should've tried leaving out 'vomited') I started to feel like I was imagining the whole thing.

posted by box 04 May | 15:26

Hey, thanks Capn! I guess there's no definitive answer, which is really what I wanted to know -- if it was from some specific movie or tv show that everybody saw but me.

posted by JanetLand 04 May | 15:53

I don't know where it came from, but I throw up in my mouth a little everytime I read it. (not really.) I wish it would go away.

posted by me3dia 04 May | 16:03

I said it once a long time ago, when I threw up a little in my mouth.

posted by Hellbient 04 May | 16:32

Google usenet and you get thousands of hits for "I just threw up in my mouth" but add the rest onto it and it is all after Dodgeball trailers started airing.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 04 May | 19:00

it's been around a long time--Simpsons used it ages ago too--way before Dodgeball. I'd say it was a Valley Girl thing, actually--i remember it from the 80s for some reason.

posted by amberglow 04 May | 19:04

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