barf, v. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

barf v.

also barf one’s ring

[echoic/ring n. (1b), despite anatomical impossibility]

1. (mainly US campus) to vomit.

1946		implied at barfer
1958		in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 255: He farted in the coffee and he barfed in the tea.
1966		(con. 1958) R. Farina Been Down So Long (1972) 17: Got her drunk on grasshoppers and she barfed all over the back seat.
1978		P. Theroux Picture Palace 11: No one wanted me to go: afraid I’ll croak, barf on my shoes, faint on the plane.
1987		‘Joe Bob Briggs’ Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In 77: May Ellen got completely hysterical and barfed all over Rhett Beavers’s yellow blazer.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 138: The Kulture King barfed beer froth across the stage apron.
1996		P. Howard The Joy (2015) [ebook] I barfed again, but I still loved. Soon I was shooting up any time I had the money for a ten-pound bag.
1999		Guardian Weekend 12 June 53: She threw up on the bed (‘barfed’ is the word she used, being American).
2000		P. Howard Miseducation of Ross O’Carroll-Kelly (2004) 79: There’s vom all over [my clothes]. I must have been barfing my ring.
2004		C. Hiaasen Skinny Dip 203: If you barf in this canoe, you’re swimming home.
2023		(con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 49: [P]op pills/booze/barf/pass out.

2. (US campus) as barf on, in fig. use, to treat unfairly.

1967–8

Baker et al. CUSS 77: Barfed on Treated unfairly on an exam.

barfer (n.)

(US) a disgusting, worthless person.

1946

C. Rice Home Sweet Homicide 29: She slapped him. He squealed, ‘You barfer!’ and lunged.

barf around (v.)

(US campus) to waste time.

1967–8

Baker et al. CUSS.

barf someone out (v.)

(US) to disgust, to revolt; usu. as excl. barf me out! an excl. of complete disgust; thus barfed out, disgusted.

1982		Frank Zappa ‘Valley Girl’ 🎵 It’s like totally disgusting / I’m like so sure / It’s like BARF ME OUT . . . / Gag me with a spoon!
1983		Eble Campus Sl. Mar. 1: barf me out – an expression of disgust.
1989		H. Rawson Dict. of Invective (1991) 36: An expression of strong disgust, as in ‘I’m totally barfed out!’ (San Fernando Valley Girl Talk, ca. 1983).
2002		(con. 1980s) i80s.com 🌐 barf me out You might of heard this come from a Valley Girl after you’ve said something offensive to her. Also used to describe something you do not particularly like.
2002		‘Valley Girls’ on Paranoiafanzine 🌐 Eeew! Grody to the max! I mean, I cannot believe you even chose this mega-dick. You must be a complete jel or something. I mean, barf me out, gag me with spoon! Gross!