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choke and puke

noun

Etymology

From choke + and + puke. Popularized by the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. inherited from *pukaną✻

Definitions

  1. A roadside diner or truck stop restaurant

    A roadside diner or truck stop restaurant; referring to the quick, often low-quality food the drivers have to eat in a hurry.

    • ... a trucker rides in his “bucket of bolts” ... and stopping at his favorite “choke-and-puke” for a cup of “mud.”
    • As I downshifted several times to reduce my speed for the off-ramp exit, I passed ... On the right-hand side was the famous Mad Greek, my favorite choke and puke west of the Mississippi River.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for choke and puke. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA