yawn

have a Technicolor yawn

slang To vomit. The motion sickness got so bad that I had to pull over and have a Technicolor yawn on the side of the road. It looks like one of the old tenants had a Technicolor yawn on the carpet over here.
See also: have, Technicolor, yawn

Technicolor yawn

slang Vomit or an instance of vomiting. The motion sickness got so bad that I had to pull over for a Technicolor yawn on the side of the road. It looks like one of the old tenants had a Technicolor yawn on the carpet over here.
See also: Technicolor, yawn

throw a Technicolor yawn

slang To vomit. The motion sickness got so bad that I had to pull over and throw a Technicolor yawn on the side of the road. It looks like one of the old tenants threw a Technicolor yawn on the carpet over here.
See also: Technicolor, throw, yawn

yawn

informal Any person or thing that is particularly boring, i.e., that which causes one to yawn. I got stuck next to a real yawn for the whole dinner. The guy just would not shut up about his concrete business. I thought this class would be an easy A, but it's been such a yawn that I wish I had taken something more interesting.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Technicolor yawn

n. vomit. (see also throw a Technicolor yawn. Technicolor is a protected trade name.) This horrible pizza will bring on a few Technicolor yawns if we serve it.
See also: Technicolor, yawn

throw a Technicolor yawn

tv. to vomit. (see also Technicolor yawn.) John stumbled into the living and threw a Technicolor yawn on the new carpet.
See also: Technicolor, throw, yawn
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • barf bag
  • buicks
  • talk to Huey on the big white (tele)phone
  • talk to Ralph on the big white (tele)phone
  • hurl
  • hurling
  • cooky
  • chow
  • Hughie
  • ralph
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It is insulting to place the word "yawn" in a sentence pertaining to Vatican II, as it was the biggest turning point that our church has ever faced.
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THE COMMON, CONTAGIOUS yawn repays close study by anyone interested in understanding the neural mechanisms of human behavior.
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