Technicolor yawn

noun

An act of vomiting.

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Meanings

nounTechnicolor yawn (plural Technicolor yawns)

plural Technicolor yawns

  1. slangAn act of vomiting.

    I was down by Bondi Pier, drinkin' tubes of ice cold beer / With a bucket full of prawns upon my knee / When I swallowed the last prawn / I had a technicolor yawn and I chundered in the old Pacific Sea

    c. 1970s, “Bondi Pier”, Barry Humphries (lyrics), performed by Grateful Dead

    Synonyms: barf, bait, boke, boot, chunder, honk, pavement pizza, puke

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn act of vomiting.

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multicolour yawnpavement pizzavomit

Origin

Originally Australian slang, early 1970s.

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APA

Technicolor yawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Technicolor%20yawn

MLA

“Technicolor yawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Technicolor%20yawn. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Technicolor yawn,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Technicolor%20yawn.

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