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nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 27, 2021, 07:55:45 PM ---Iconic!! You've written so many great stories, but you will always be known for MINE around here LOL. Team Dark forever!
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It's true! MINE is unforgettable.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 27, 2021, 08:22:35 PM ---WTF?!? LMFAO! Several more of them were funny, but those are the ones that stood out as hilariously confusing.
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Right?! I think I discovered it several years ago with vomit. I seem to write a lot of scenes with vomit - much less since I stopped writing cancer stories, but it still comes up from time to time, and I find myself looking for new ways to describe the act without being repetitive. "Pavement pizza," "technicolor yawn," and "liquid laugh" are not quite the colorful metaphors I was looking for though LOL. I have literally never heard of some of those terms. Night soil??? No! And lunch box??? WTF?
Also I laughed at "orbs" being used for boobs. Mare's favorite!
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 27, 2021, 08:22:35 PM ---That's a fun game I should have played. How many times does Nick do that in PBox? I'm sure it's plentiful.
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I'm pretty sure I did play the "How many times does Nick do that?" game with vomiting in Broken LOL. That is definitely where most of said puke scenes appeared.
Edited to add:
In my late night boredom, I really did go through Broken once and tally up how many times I used each reference to vomit, and because I am a file hoarder, I still have the list saved. I just found it LOL.
Vomit: 24
Puke: 11
Throw up/threw up: 34
Barf: 8
Ralph: 1
Regurgitate: 1
Got sick: 2
Retch: 14
Heave: 22
Gag: 11
Nausea (and variations): 68
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 27, 2021, 08:48:52 PM ---Right?! I think I discovered it several years ago with vomit. I seem to write a lot of scenes with vomit - much less since I stopped writing cancer stories, but it still comes up from time to time, and I find myself looking for new ways to describe the act without being repetitive. "Pavement pizza," "technicolor yawn," and "liquid laugh" are not quite the colorful metaphors I was looking for though LOL. I have literally never heard of some of those terms. Night soil??? No! And lunch box??? WTF?
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You're right, vomit is a pretty common occurrence when cancer is involved and I feel like we all get bored writing the same type of phrasing over and over again when things come up frequently.
I probably use gag, heave, and nausea whenever it comes up. I agree, these are not the right colorful metaphors! Never have I ever considered vomiting comparable to laughing in any way!
I feel like with "lunch box," the author just wants to call the dude a snack. I get it. Just all the guy a snack and be done with it.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 27, 2021, 08:48:52 PM ---Also I laughed at "orbs" being used for boobs. Mare's favorite!
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Orbs! The perfect descriptor for anything round and large on a body! Eyes, boobs, balls, butts, nostrils, tumors!
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 27, 2021, 08:48:52 PM ---I'm pretty sure I did play the "How many times does Nick do that?" game with vomiting in Broken LOL. That is definitely where most of said puke scenes appeared.
Edited to add: I just found it LOL.
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Poor Nick, getting sick 196 times! That's like once per chapter. The "how many times" game is loads and loads of fun -- an entertaining time waster for sure!
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on February 27, 2021, 09:15:32 PM ---Orbs! The perfect descriptor for anything round and large on a body! Eyes, boobs, balls, butts, nostrils, tumors!
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Tumors! LMAO! Now I want to write that brain tumor story after all just so I can use the word orbs when describing the CT scan.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on February 27, 2021, 09:19:17 PM ---Tumors! LMAO! Now I want to write that brain tumor story after all just so I can use the word orbs when describing the CT scan.
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Excellent, my plan to inspire you through a joke and make you laugh worked! Muahahaha!
I'm joking, I just added it because I knew you would think it was funny and we were talking about Broken.
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