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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: YUCK! #68874 05/06/02 12:33 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA G Geoff old hand Geoff old hand G Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 819 Portland,Oregon, USA [vomit color]Are these onomatopoeic?[/vomit color] I've long thought that "RALPH" was, but I can't hear the onomatopaea in 'YUCK" or "Eeeewwww," though the latter does sound similar to the sound of air escaping from one's lungs as an involuntary reaction to revulsion. Didn't we have a thread on all the different uh - ewwwwphamisms - for reverse peristalsis? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted YUCK! Sparteye 05/05/02 09:29 PM Re: YUCK! wwh 05/05/02 09:34 PM Re: YUCK! Geoff 05/06/02 12:33 AM Re: YUCK! consuelo 05/07/02 12:34 AM Re: YUCK! Geoff 05/07/02 01:11 AM Re: YUCK! consuelo 05/07/02 01:13 AM Re: fuchi thinki saidi twrong! maverick 05/07/02 01:31 AM Re: fuchi thinki saidi twrong! consuelo 05/07/02 09:27 AM Re: YUCK! of troy 05/07/02 12:55 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,127 Members9,198 Most Online4,270 Aug 30th, 2025 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 2,348 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 21 A C Bowden 14 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,032 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,968 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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