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Does “sickness” have the same meaning as “vomitus”?
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On our high speed trains paper bags are provided to collect garbage. The following is printed on the bags:
This may be used for waste or sickness
According to the Chinese words on the bags, 'sickness' means 'vomitus' here, but I've never seen usage like this and I cannot find that meaning in my dict.
Is this true?
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On our high speed trains paper bags are provided to collect garbage. The following is printed on the bags:
This may be used for waste or sickness
According to the Chinese words on the bags, 'sickness' means 'vomitus' here, but I've never seen usage like this and I cannot find that meaning in my dict.
Is this true?
meaning
edited 15 hours ago
fedorqui
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asked yesterday
pynexjpynexj
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add a comment |
On our high speed trains paper bags are provided to collect garbage. The following is printed on the bags:
This may be used for waste or sickness
According to the Chinese words on the bags, 'sickness' means 'vomitus' here, but I've never seen usage like this and I cannot find that meaning in my dict.
Is this true?
meaning
edited 15 hours ago
fedorqui
2902718
asked yesterday
pynexjpynexj
1306
On our high speed trains paper bags are provided to collect garbage. The following is printed on the bags:
This may be used for waste or sickness
According to the Chinese words on the bags, 'sickness' means 'vomitus' here, but I've never seen usage like this and I cannot find that meaning in my dict.
Is this true?
meaning
meaning
edited 15 hours ago
fedorqui
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pynexjpynexj
1306
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Short answer:
Yes 'sickness' here is being used to mean 'vomit' (I see 'vomitus' is in the dictionary, but I have never heard anyone say it other than perhaps a doctor).
Long answer:
Technically, 'sickness' does not mean 'vomit', according to the dictionary. It means:
a) A particular illness or malady.
b) The state of being ill.
c) Nausea, queasiness.
None of these definitions include the actual act or product of vomiting.
However, the tendency of English speakers to use words which avoid directly describing an unpleasant act or entity when in formal contexts (euphemisms and circumlocution) is being used here to avoid directly saying the noun 'vomit' or 'sick'.
While these sorts of paper bags are universally called 'sick bags' in normal English, it's exactly the sort of thing which often won't get written on them.
I just did a quick Google, and the most common sentences used on the aeroplane bags are "for motion sickness" and "waste bag", both of which avoid saying directly what everybody knows the bags are for.
answered yesterday
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+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrasesanitary bagalso normal English?
– pynexj
yesterday
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
Yes, and my cleaner at university refused to clean up "sickness" from the bathroom.
(Not mine, I hasten to add.)
So the word has been used as such in (British) English.
answered 22 hours ago
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Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
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Short answer:
Yes 'sickness' here is being used to mean 'vomit' (I see 'vomitus' is in the dictionary, but I have never heard anyone say it other than perhaps a doctor).
Long answer:
Technically, 'sickness' does not mean 'vomit', according to the dictionary. It means:
a) A particular illness or malady.
b) The state of being ill.
c) Nausea, queasiness.
None of these definitions include the actual act or product of vomiting.
However, the tendency of English speakers to use words which avoid directly describing an unpleasant act or entity when in formal contexts (euphemisms and circumlocution) is being used here to avoid directly saying the noun 'vomit' or 'sick'.
While these sorts of paper bags are universally called 'sick bags' in normal English, it's exactly the sort of thing which often won't get written on them.
I just did a quick Google, and the most common sentences used on the aeroplane bags are "for motion sickness" and "waste bag", both of which avoid saying directly what everybody knows the bags are for.
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
4
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrasesanitary bagalso normal English?
– pynexj
yesterday
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
Short answer:
Yes 'sickness' here is being used to mean 'vomit' (I see 'vomitus' is in the dictionary, but I have never heard anyone say it other than perhaps a doctor).
Long answer:
Technically, 'sickness' does not mean 'vomit', according to the dictionary. It means:
a) A particular illness or malady.
b) The state of being ill.
c) Nausea, queasiness.
None of these definitions include the actual act or product of vomiting.
However, the tendency of English speakers to use words which avoid directly describing an unpleasant act or entity when in formal contexts (euphemisms and circumlocution) is being used here to avoid directly saying the noun 'vomit' or 'sick'.
While these sorts of paper bags are universally called 'sick bags' in normal English, it's exactly the sort of thing which often won't get written on them.
I just did a quick Google, and the most common sentences used on the aeroplane bags are "for motion sickness" and "waste bag", both of which avoid saying directly what everybody knows the bags are for.
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
4
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrasesanitary bagalso normal English?
– pynexj
yesterday
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
Short answer:
Yes 'sickness' here is being used to mean 'vomit' (I see 'vomitus' is in the dictionary, but I have never heard anyone say it other than perhaps a doctor).
Long answer:
Technically, 'sickness' does not mean 'vomit', according to the dictionary. It means:
a) A particular illness or malady.
b) The state of being ill.
c) Nausea, queasiness.
None of these definitions include the actual act or product of vomiting.
However, the tendency of English speakers to use words which avoid directly describing an unpleasant act or entity when in formal contexts (euphemisms and circumlocution) is being used here to avoid directly saying the noun 'vomit' or 'sick'.
While these sorts of paper bags are universally called 'sick bags' in normal English, it's exactly the sort of thing which often won't get written on them.
I just did a quick Google, and the most common sentences used on the aeroplane bags are "for motion sickness" and "waste bag", both of which avoid saying directly what everybody knows the bags are for.
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
Short answer:
Yes 'sickness' here is being used to mean 'vomit' (I see 'vomitus' is in the dictionary, but I have never heard anyone say it other than perhaps a doctor).
Long answer:
Technically, 'sickness' does not mean 'vomit', according to the dictionary. It means:
a) A particular illness or malady.
b) The state of being ill.
c) Nausea, queasiness.
None of these definitions include the actual act or product of vomiting.
However, the tendency of English speakers to use words which avoid directly describing an unpleasant act or entity when in formal contexts (euphemisms and circumlocution) is being used here to avoid directly saying the noun 'vomit' or 'sick'.
While these sorts of paper bags are universally called 'sick bags' in normal English, it's exactly the sort of thing which often won't get written on them.
I just did a quick Google, and the most common sentences used on the aeroplane bags are "for motion sickness" and "waste bag", both of which avoid saying directly what everybody knows the bags are for.
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
answered yesterday
fred2fred2
2,194717
2,194717
4
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrasesanitary bagalso normal English?
– pynexj
yesterday
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
4
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrasesanitary bagalso normal English?
– pynexj
yesterday
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
4
4
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
+1, although I would be much more likely to call them barf bags than anything else.
– Adam
yesterday
thanks. is the phrase
sanitary bag also normal English?– pynexj
yesterday
thanks. is the phrase
sanitary bag also normal English?– pynexj
yesterday
2
2
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
In UK English, sick is definitely used to mean vomit specifically. If you look at the Oxford Dictionary definition, under NOUN [mass noun] you'll see "British informal, Vomit, 'she was busy wiping sick from the carpet'.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
2
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
Other than the UK English definition of "sick" meaning "vomit", there's also the colloquial "I'm going to be sick" which means "I'm going to vomit" in both UK and US English. There is a correlation between "sick(ness)" and vomit in US English, though it may not have made it into the dictionary yet.
– Flater
23 hours ago
1
1
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
"According to the dictionary" -- which one? There are many.
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
|
show 4 more comments
Yes, and my cleaner at university refused to clean up "sickness" from the bathroom.
(Not mine, I hasten to add.)
So the word has been used as such in (British) English.
answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
1112
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Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Yes, and my cleaner at university refused to clean up "sickness" from the bathroom.
(Not mine, I hasten to add.)
So the word has been used as such in (British) English.
answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
1112
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Owain is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
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Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Yes, and my cleaner at university refused to clean up "sickness" from the bathroom.
(Not mine, I hasten to add.)
So the word has been used as such in (British) English.
answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
1112
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Yes, and my cleaner at university refused to clean up "sickness" from the bathroom.
(Not mine, I hasten to add.)
So the word has been used as such in (British) English.
answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
1112
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answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
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answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
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answered 22 hours ago
OwainOwain
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Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
add a comment |
Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Not your "sickness" or not your bathroom? ;)
– David Richerby
21 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
Neither (or both) ;)
– Owain
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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