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vom en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /vɒm/

Etymology

Clipping of vomit.

Meanings

  1. (informal) An exclamation of disgust.
    • Someone brings their cute kid on stage with them, sings with it. Boo, hiss, yuck, vom; cute kids belong at home and in soft-play centres, they have no place on stages. 2016 January 9, Sam Wollaston, “The Voice review – nonsense with laughs”, in The Guardian:
    • CHRISSY: Gonna show you how to remove soft tissue from the hide. LAURA: Ugh, vom. 2022, Miles Woods, “Popularity: Origin of Evil”, in Little Demon, season 1, episode 4:
Source: en.wiktionary, “vom” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

vom en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /vɒm/

Etymology

Clipping of vomit.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable, usually) Vomit.
    • “Okay, boss. Boss. You're short-circuiting. We wrote great jokes. Stay the course.” “Absolutely. Yeah, you're right. Um... yeah. I'm gonna make a pit stop at the bathroom for a quick vom. And then, yeah, I'll be right back.” “That's my girl!” 2025 January 23, Sam Shanker, “Baby Kangaroos and Chickens” (9:39 from the start), in Animal Control, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Emily Price (Vella Lovell):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
voms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

vomworthy

Source: en.wiktionary, “vom” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

vom en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /vɒm/

Etymology

Clipping of vomit.

Meanings

  1. (informal) To vomit.
    • Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away. 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, page 185:
    • Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp^([sic]) taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom. 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer:
    • People will know exactly where you are and how much fun you're currently having, while they are at home stalking you. A mupload screams, I'm too cool for Facebook albums, but my life is just too fabulous to not share this pic of my best betch vomming in her own bag! 2013 March 12, Betches, Nice Is Just a Place in France: How to Win at Basically Everything, illustrated edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Forms

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vomming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
voms Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
vommed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
vommed Tense=Past lexicographic