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      Metaphorically, yes. They let a lot of things out. That’s why it’s called that. It means ""to spew forth. " (that’s in your link)

      People used to think it was a place where people vomited.

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        It means ""to spew forth. "

        Aactually, it doesn’t, but good of you to actually open the link and have a butcher’s. “Vomere” means “to spew forth”. “Vomitorium” is “vomere” + -“orium”, meaning “place of.”

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            Yes, it is in the link, I know. That’s how I know you took a look.

            The Latin word vomitorium, plural vomitoria, derives from the verb vomō, vomere, “to spew forth”

            Derives from vomere, “to spew forth”

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                6 months ago

                You replying implies a certain level of caring. Positive or negative, doesn’t matter.

                Clearly some people were bothered. (👁 ͜ʖ👁)

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                    Oh no, really? I had absolutely no idea. Good of you to care enough about the thread to post that reply.

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        But if they are the passage, then you’d be entering and exiting children, and that just sounds… wrong.