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Anyone else used to say coaten or baulk to describe when someone was gipping (making throwing up noises etc)?

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Still use coaten to this day.;)

My wife uses coaten. She's from the North East. She never talks about farting or ****ting. She thinks that's a Lancastrian trait

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Yes, we use coaten too.

Our Granny used to coaten, every time she saw our tortoise.

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:D

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It's still a popular saying. I tell the dentist that he is making me coaten when he tries to put the shield in my mouth to take an x ray.

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I retch, miself

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Yep, it's one we used to say too -haven't heard it in ages though. When something made you feel like you wanted to be sick. There was a horrible smell on Frederick st. Ossy quite often from the mill -used to make you feel like that -don't know what it was but we all used to say it smelt like boiled oranges!

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How about "heave" Jay?;)

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Only used to do that when we were pulling rafters up onto a roof Di:D

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Another one for retch is jip.

Anyone else use that?

It's also used for discomfort.

'My leg's givin' me jip again.'

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'They took their dressing off, to show me their carbuncle, weeping with pus, and I started jipping.'

:D

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Although it's apparently 'gyp', not jip.

Gyp | Define Gyp at Dictionary.com

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My dad used to use this one to talk about pain.
Some sources say it meant to scold or punish someone or cause them pain.
Fascinating!!

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Unsourced, but it's listed on here, as 'gip', as a verb, meaning to vomit.

A dictionary of slang - "G" - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

Also ' gyp' - Noun. Hassle, bother. E.g."My leg's been giving me gyp since I got kicked during the game." Cf. 'jip'. [Informal]

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gip (dʒɪp) — vBulletin , gips , gipping , gipped 1. a variant spelling of gyp 2. informal ( Northern English ) to vomit or feel like vomiting.

Gip | Define Gip at Dictionary.com

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I barf and gag.
Barfs are noisy, gags are silent.