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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread YUCK! #68872 05/05/02 09:29 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye OP Pooh-Bah OP Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 YUCK - A typical ejaculation* when confronted with something disgusting. Also, "ewwwwww." Are these onomatopoeic? What terms do other cultures and languages usually use? *You boys in the back, control yourselves. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YUCK! #68873 05/05/02 09:34 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Sparteye: Doesn't "Yuck" sound a little like vomiting? And the "Eeeew" is always said with a disappproving tone and expression. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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 Re: YUCK! #68875 05/07/02 12:34 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Fuchi - response to a bad smell or anything unclean and revolting Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YUCK! #68876 05/07/02 01:11 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 Fuchi - response to a bad smell or anything unclean and revolting As in two-day-old suchi? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YUCK! #68877 05/07/02 01:13 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean Exactamundo! Or the intestinal ramifications of eating such. PeeU! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fuchi thinki saidi twrong! #68878 05/07/02 01:31 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 How's that pronounced, Connie? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: fuchi thinki saidi twrong! #68879 05/07/02 09:27 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean pronounce fuchi: foo-chee The first syllable is strongest. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YUCK! #68880 05/07/02 12:55 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park PBS- commercial arm, their stores and catalogs has a great T-Shirt, (which i can just barely remember) for Ralph's Bait and Sushi shop-- It's not clear if left over bait is sushi, or left over sushi is chum.. but one gets the impression Bait came first! I'll go look and see if i can find a link to it it. my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter 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. 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