Barf
intj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Vomit. US, colloquial, uncountable
- 2 Acronym of Biologically Appropriate Raw Food or Bones And Raw Food, a raw food diet for dogs or cats. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 3 the matter ejected in vomiting wordnet
- 1 To vomit. US, colloquial
- 2 eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
- 3 Of a system: to fail. broadly, intransitive, slang
"The program barfed as a result of the invalid input."
- 1 An expression of disgust. colloquial
"2011, "This is My Jam", season 2, episode 13 of Regular Show Mordecai: You can't touch music. But music can touch you. Rigby: Oh, barf."
Example
More examples""So... what's this one, then?" "It says, "Drink this, then tell me what you've learned." "Alright, hang on. ...And here's the bucket. Okay, go ahead." "Urk! Ugh, it's got an aftertaste. Eh? Uh oh! Blaaargh!" "Well... I see you didn't barf up the spell..." "Ugh... I know she can make these potions palatable... Anything happen?" "Aye. But — truth be told, it's come so far out of left field for me I don't actually have any feelings about it!" "What?" "Have a look at the mirror." "...Oh. Wait... What?!" "Pretty much what I was thinking. No one's gonna understand, but here we are. So... what now, alicorn princess? Envy of little girls everywhere?""
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably of imitative origin.
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