chunder

chunder
• to be sick (vomit). Of Australian origin. Two ideas of its origin are i) taken from a cartoon character 'Chunder Loo' taken as Rhyming Slang for 'spew'. ii) from the ships used for convict transportation to Australia where the cons who were higher up in the ship used to shout "watch under !" before they vomited from sea sickness. (Thanks to Paul Sigerson 'dahn undah').

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