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total puker

total puker

9.9
A person who throws up often when traveling or feeling sick
  • noun
  • Slang
translation icon : vomitador
  • She avoided roller coasters because she was a total puker even on the gentlest rides.

Examples

  • He is a total puker during long car rides.

  • My friend is a total puker when he eats too fast.

  • My little brother is a total puker whenever we go on a boat trip.

  • Unfortunately, I became known as the total puker during our school bus rides.

  • My little brother is a total puker whenever we go on a boat trip.

  • She avoided roller coasters because she is a total puker on even the gentlest rides.

  • Unfortunately, I earned the nickname total puker during our school bus rides after vomiting frequently.

Synonyms

puker
vstotal puker
  • Slang
1 8.8

A person who often vomits

is most likely to throw up during motion or physical discomfort
vomiter
vstotal puker
1 7.9

A person who throws up

is someone who does this often, especially during motion or discomfort

Antonyms

strong stomach
4 5.5

To be able to see or hear unpleasant things without feeling sick

How Sick

total puker
  • Slang
9.9
puker
  • Slang
1 8.8

Surface Forms

total puker singular
total pukers plural

Morphology

total + puker

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'puker' denotes someone who vomits and 'total' functions as an intensifying adjective meaning complete/utter, so 'total puker' easily conveys an emphatic frequent vomiter. Although informal/slang, the adjective‑plus‑noun compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer this meaning.

Etymology

Total puker comes from a clear image: total means 'completely' and puker comes from 'to puke', meaning 'to vomit'. People started calling someone this when they always vomited on boats or rides, so it now means 'a person who vomits frequently', often because of motion or discomfort.