barf bag

noun

informal

: a waterproof bag into which a person (such an as airplane passenger) who is experiencing nausea can vomit

Nonetheless, he has his face in the barf bag on this ridiculously cramped and bumpy twin-propeller flight from Palm Springs to Los Angeles …—

Rick Reilly

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Behind me, two unfortunate researchers were hunched, barf bags in hand, stricken by space adjustment syndrome. —

Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020 Here’s one group of people who’d be handy to have around in that situation: barf bag collectors. —

Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024 Evocative and memorable; a bit like a good barf bag itself. —

Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 June 2024 This part of the show should come with a barf bag, truly. —

Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024 Aquarius passed out barf bags to those paying to see Doctor Butcher, Medical Deviate (1983), which was a re-edited version of Marino Girolami’s Zombie Holocaust (1980). —

Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024