spew

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The great global warming swindle materials ARE the evidence … the politically motivated 'global warming' agenda that neo-hippies and Obamination supports spew is the biased and dogmatic junk science.

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  1. transitive verb To send or force out in or as if in a stream; eject forcefully or in large amounts: a volcano that spewed molten lava; spewed invective at his opponent.
  2. transitive verb To vomit or otherwise cast out through the mouth.
  3. intransitive verb To flow or gush forth: Water was spewing from the hydrant.
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  • Usually I appreciated the lack of word-spew, which would begin when she was fully functioning, but right now we needed to move, move, move! —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
  • Obviously they don't believe in the "government can't do anything right" mantra they spew, or they wouldn't fear competition that, in their "minds", would be ineffectual. kali90 Says: —  Center for American Progress Action Fund
  • So go ahead and spew your empty words but with your head in the sand no one will hear you except for the other ostriches. —  Think Progress
  • Still waiting for the "regulars", I know that they can't be too embarrassed to comment, I've seen some of the crap they spew, they are beyond being afraid to show their stupidity. —  Think Progress
  • Next up ... a call to the campus police because the professor's Marxist spew is making the students uncomfortable. —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English spewen, from Old English spīwan.

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  1. Formerly also spue; from Middle English spewen, spuen, spiwen, from Anglo-Saxon spīwan (preterit spāw, past participle spiwen) = Old Saxon spīwan = OFries. spīa = Middle Dutch spijen, spouwen, spuuwen, Dutch spuwen = Old High German spīwan, spīan, Middle High German spien, German speien = Icelandic spy¯ja = Swedish Danish spy = Gothic (Moesogothic) speiwan, spew, = Latin spuere = Gr.πτύειν, Doric ψύττειν (for *σπύειν), spit, = Old Bulgarian plĭvati, pljuti = Bohemian pliti = Polish pluc = Russian plevatĭ = Lithuanian spiauti = Lettish splaut (Slav. √pljŭ from spljŭ from spŭ), spit. Hence ult. spit.
 

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