barf bag
noun
informal
: a waterproof bag into which a person (such an as airplane passenger) who is experiencing nausea can vomit
Nonetheless, he has his face in the barf bag on this ridiculously cramped and bumpy twin-propeller flight from Palm Springs to Los Angeles …—
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Birkin went on to explain her vision, sketching it out on a barf bag.
—Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
There's only one word to describe the only-of-its-kind puffer jacket Austin artist Jessie Bearden made from barf bags: sick.
—Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman, 11 May 2024
Behind me, two unfortunate researchers were hunched, barf bags in hand, stricken by space adjustment syndrome.
—Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
Here’s one group of people who’d be handy to have around in that situation: barf bag collectors.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Evocative and memorable; a bit like a good barf bag itself.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 June 2024
This part of the show should come with a barf bag, truly.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
Aquarius passed out barf bags to those paying to see Doctor Butcher, Medical Deviate (1983), which was a re-edited version of Marino Girolami’s Zombie Holocaust (1980).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
There's only one word to describe the only-of-its-kind puffer jacket Austin artist Jessie Bearden made from barf bags: sick.
—Hannah Ortega, Austin American-Statesman, 11 May 2024
Behind me, two unfortunate researchers were hunched, barf bags in hand, stricken by space adjustment syndrome.
—Nicola Twilley, WIRED, 11 Feb. 2020
Here’s one group of people who’d be handy to have around in that situation: barf bag collectors.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 3 Aug. 2024
Evocative and memorable; a bit like a good barf bag itself.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 June 2024
This part of the show should come with a barf bag, truly.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 29 May 2024
Aquarius passed out barf bags to those paying to see Doctor Butcher, Medical Deviate (1983), which was a re-edited version of Marino Girolami’s Zombie Holocaust (1980).
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Barf bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barf%20bag. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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