Chris Hadfield

Think about what happens on Earth when you throw up. You throw up and you have a bag of something horrible and then you throw it away, but if I have this bag, what am I going to do with it? This bag is going to stay with me in space for months, so we want a really good barf bag.

Canadian Astronaut

Nick Frost

My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board.

English Actor

Kathleen Hanna

I especially don't want men coming up to me and asking if sexism still exists. It's like, I'm seriously gonna barf a McDonald's salad on the next person to do that.

American Musician

Kay Cannon

Writers who sit down and write might judge what they're putting down, but I always just try to barf it out. I'm writing crap, but I'll put it down.

American Writer

Use 'barf' in casual situations or with friends, not in formal contexts.

Informal Usage

'Barf' specifically describes the act of vomiting, usually suddenly and violently.

Physical Reaction

Sometimes 'barf' is used humorously or sarcastically to exaggerate discomfort.

Humor or Sarcasm

As a noun, 'barf' describes things that are very unpleasant or tasteless.

Negative Descriptive

Younger people, especially teens, might use 'barf' to express strong dislike casually.

Youthful Expression

'Barf' intensifies the feeling of disgust when describing something.

Emphasis on Disgust

As an interjection, 'barf' shows immediate, strong repulsion to something seen or heard.

Express Disgust

It adds a comical or exaggerated tone when reacting to something distasteful.

Accent On Revulsion

Use the interjection sparingly to keep its impact; it loses effect if overused.

Avoid Overuse

 We did things like, we swabbed surfaces around our classroom and cultured the bacteria we'd collected, and we dissected owl pellets, which are these balls of material that are undigested that owls barf up,

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 starts on my back and it just works its way up like this and then he comes up here and then it's on my head I hate it yeah yeah I'm like that's okay it sounds like something up when I heard the barf

Barf

Informal Usage

Physical Reaction

Humor or Sarcasm

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