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You don't hear it too often where I live because people don't often discuss retching, but it is a euphemism in my area of the USA too. Even without the slang term, Ralph sounds like an onomatopoeia for the act of vomitting.
Prior to getting on this website, I hand never heard that Randy was a slang term for anything, but from what I've heard on here it is pretty common in Britain and parts of the US.
Prior to getting on this website, I hand never heard that Randy was a slang term for anything, but from what I've heard on here it is pretty common in Britain and parts of the US.
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Yes, perhaps Ralph is the American Randy and vice versa.
Where my husband attended college, SUNY Maritime, every summer the entire student body took a steam-powered ship to Europe to get hands-on training running the boiler. One summer, a friend of his named Bill earned the nickname Ralph because he became seasick and vomited on the deck.
Where my husband attended college, SUNY Maritime, every summer the entire student body took a steam-powered ship to Europe to get hands-on training running the boiler. One summer, a friend of his named Bill earned the nickname Ralph because he became seasick and vomited on the deck.
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