Why? It's just an entrance/exit
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The vaccine and the booster
- Thread starter We Never Know
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Why? It's just an entrance/exit
We Never Know
No Slack
So if someine has had all the vaccines throughout their life but not the covid one, are they an anti-vaxer?
I don't elect our government.
I'm just a voter who knows his vote has no effect.
It's very unhealthy for teeth, esophagus, & who knows what else.
??? Do you actually know what a vomitorium is/was... Or do you believe the misconception?
This is a vomitorium.
Martin
Spam, wonderful spam (bloody vikings!)
Join the club. But it's pointless to whinge about being "anti-government".
In the context of my post about nasty things Roman....
https://www.wordnik.com/words/vomitorium
- noun An area in which vomiting takes place, in particular a chamber supposedly used by ancient Romans to vomit during a feast so they could continue eating.
You're welcome to "whinge" if you want.
I'll keep my anti-government perspective because
I resist government's many attempts to mess with me.
vomitorium
/ˌvɒmɪˈtɔːrɪəm/
noun
- 1.
each of a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheatre or theatre.
- 2.
a place in which, according to popular misconception, the ancient Romans are supposed to have vomited during feasts to make room for more food.
Martin
Spam, wonderful spam (bloody vikings!)
But you elected the government. That's how democracy works.
What other system would you prefer?
We Never Know
No Slack
Our sources disagree.
Sometimes a source will be a stickler for etymology,
& refuse to acknowledge current usage. I prefer
sources that deal with language as it is....not as it
once was, or believed it should be.
Who said I prefer something else?
One shouldn't presume that just
from an anti-government attitude.
However in this case its language as it was, a vomitorium was not a place to vomit but a place to enter and exit a public building.
And the sources don't particularly disagree, just that your source can be easily misinterpreted.
From your source
in particular a chamber supposedly used ...
Besides, I'll go with the oed and not some source ive never heard of
And yet, dictionaries also cite "vomitorium" to mean
a place to vomit during feasting celebrations. You
want to win an argument that it means something else?
I hereby allow that it has multiple meanings.
BTW, I won't say you're "right". (You might accuse
me of saying you're a conservative.)
No worries. Some of my comrades are self describedFight the good fight, comrade.
Oops I mean libertarian
commies. I've a very wide circle of frenemies.
No reputable dictionary says its i place to vomit. They sat such is a misconception.
I know i right so i really don't care
The old no-true-dictionary fallacy, eh.
This (my favorite dictionary) will be my
2nd source that confirms my usage....
Definition of vomitory | Dictionary.com
noun, plural vom·i·to·ries.
an emetic.
an opening through which something is ejected or discharged.
Also called vomitorium. an opening, as in a stadium or theater, permitting large numbers of people to enter or leave.