User talk:46.239.2.135

Throw up
I'm a native English speaker, my friend, but "throwup" as a single word looks like "vomit" to me, while the two-word phrase makes me think of "to vomit." Sure, it could have other meanings, but "getting lost in Bascarsija's winding streets can be part of the fun" gets the meaning across without presenting an ambiguous phrase that probably will make some other people think of vomit, regardless of what it makes you think of. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * I am surprised you are unaware of throw up (two words as my 2nd edit) if you claim to a native English speaker. I am not a native Englsih speaker yet I know it well, and have given you an online definition. Perhaps you will consider this an English lesson. Also, you're edit is less clear so I will change. —The preceding comment was added by 46.239.2.135 (talk • contribs)


 * I'm not "unaware." "Reveal" is a good choice, but take your "English lesson" and give it to someone who needs one. Ikan Kekek (talk) 18:46, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Yet you had previously revealed you were unaware. Also, incase you're also unaware you are beginning to appear aggressive. —The preceding comment was added by 46.239.2.135 (talk • contribs)
 * "Incase" is not a word, and you misread my remark to mean what you want it to mean. Ikan Kekek (talk) 09:26, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * 'you misread my remark to mean what you want it to mean.' Impressive: you're a mind reader, and one who knows more of a person's intent than they do.
 * Second that – I too as a native speaker would think "throwup" as one word means "to vomit". SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 21:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * My second edit (the first being a typographical error) was of two words. This is a common English idiom, and an external link to demonstrate was provided. —The preceding comment was added by 46.239.2.135 (talk • contribs)
 * Okay, but that does not mean that "throw up" as two words no longer means vomit. I'd like to know where it's a "common English idiom". -- SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 07:50, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It's common in the English language. One external link was given in an edit summary. —The preceding comment was added by 46.239.2.135 (talk • contribs)
 * So you're saying it's "common", despite two native English speakers never having heard it? Please give me a better source than The Free Dictionary. -- SHB2000 (talk &#124; contribs &#124; meta.wikimedia) 09:44, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I suspect the world of native English speakers is larger than two people! Here's an example of its use


 * yeah, here I am in Boston and speaking English all the time. "To throw up", for me and everybody around me, means "to vomit" and nothing else, just for the record. Ibaman (talk) 13:18, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * It is used in the USA. For example Occasionally the Ursids can throw up a surprise with a burst of a hundred or so meteor flashes per hour

it's ugly English, dude, it really is, despite all this insistence. I mean this in a constructive way. Ibaman (talk)
 * Your view that it's ugly is subjective rather than absolute, just as my view that 'dude' is ugly. Both are irrelevant. What is relevant is the proof that despite what others claimed it is a common idiom.

yes, it's common, and commonly means "to vomit", rest assured, and get used to it. Ibaman (talk)
 * Yes, it's common, and commonly also means something surprising was revealed, rest assured, and get used to it.