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It was mentioned in passing as a comic novel about post-World War I upper-class society, where the term 'vomitorium' was used in a single line, which was the first documented instance outside of its use as a passageway.
He wrote a comic novel called Antique Hay. It was about post-World War I decadent like upper class society.
— Episode: Short Stuff: Vomitoria
Episode: Short Stuff: Vomitoria
It was mentioned in passing as a comic novel about post-World War I upper-class society, where the term 'vomitorium' was used in a single line, which was the first documented instance outside of its use as a passageway.
He wrote a comic novel called Antique Hay. It was about post-World War I decadent like upper class society.
he just basically mentioned like a goth coming into a vomitorium.
from the line I saw it didn't even really seem to be like he was talking about the goth was going to come throw up or anything like that.
But that was the first instance they could find if somebody using it not in the way that Macrobius was using it as that portal thingy.
So they think that he was the first one to say this or put it down and pen to paper and you have to give him a break because he just injected a tremendous amount of LSD into his own eye before he started writing this right?
Episode: Short Stuff: Vomitoria
It was mentioned in passing as a comic novel that alluded to a vomitorium, but the context did not explicitly suggest it was for purging after a meal.
he wrote a comic novel called Antique Hay. It was about post-World War I decadent like upper class society.
he just basically mentioned like a goth coming into a vomitorium.
from the line I saw it didn't even really seem to be like he was talking about the goth was going to come throw up or anything like that.
Episode: Short Stuff: Vomitoria
It was mentioned in passing as the first instance of the term 'vomitorium' being used outside of its original meaning as a passageway, though not necessarily in the context of vomiting.
he just mentions that in passing in a single line he wrote a comic novel called Antique Hay.
he just basically mentioned like a goth coming into a vomitorium.
from the line I saw it didn't even really seem to be like he was talking about the goth was going to come throw up or anything like that.