Summary Details
| Query: |
Sum - 'booting'
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| Author: | Martin Paviour-Smith | |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email | |
| Linguistic LingField(s): |
Sociolinguistics
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| Summary: |
Thanks to all who supplied me with the meaning of the slang term 'booting'. To date this includes the following experts:
Rich Alderson Marc Pierce Paul Justice Sikozu Johnson Kathleen Ward Kim (from Essen University) joel walters David Kaiser Jack Hall F Baube Kelly Vincent Cynthia G. Clopper Vicki White It appears that 'booting' is a wide spread and well known American slang term for vomiting, particular when induced by excessive alcohol, dating back at least 30 years. Something known down here as spewing, chucking, chundering etc. In my own student days more spectacular and deliberate displays of this activity were known as 'pelicans' and 'helicopters'. I will leave it to your imagination. So now my class will have a better idea of the identity these students are constructing using this term. Thanks Martin Paviour-Smith Massey University New Zealand |
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| LL Issue: | 15.1606 | |
| Date Posted: | 18-May-2004 | |
| Original Query: | Read original query | |
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