gobbing

Hawking and expelling

Gobbing is spitting, particularly the act of expelling saliva or phlegm forcefully from the mouth.

The term is primarily British: Some lout was gobbing on the pavement.

In punk rock culture, gobbing at performers became a notorious form of audience interaction during the late 1970s.

spitting

saliva

Mouth's digestive secretion

  • spitExpelled mouth moisture
  • loogieExpectorated mucus glob
  • hawkTaloned predatory bird

phlegm · spray · splatter · projectile · drool · dribble · expel · eject · mouthful · squirt

punk

spitting

Oral fluid ejection

  • audienceGathered viewers collectively
  • stageRaised performance platform
  • gigShort-term paid work

moshpit · rebellion · Sex Pistols · subculture · provocative · transgressive · concert · crowd · frontman · punk rock

mining

coalface

Active mining surface

excavation · miner · drift · longwall · extraction · tunneling · pithead · colliery · coal · hewing

disgust

revulsion

Intense physical disgust

  • grossTotal before subtractions
  • vileExtremely unpleasant or bad
  • foulOffensive or illegal

repugnant · sickening · offensive · nausea · distaste · aversion · repellent · nasty · revolting · stomach-turning

disrespect

contempt

Disdainful disregard

insult · affront · taunt · aggression · hostility · confrontation · assault · intimidation · abuse · humiliation

Opposites
oral expulsion vs. ingestion

gobbingswallowing

Ingesting via throat muscles

ingesting · gulping · imbibing · drinking · eating

crude vs. refined behavior

gobbingdecorum

Fitting social conduct

refinement · propriety · good manners · gentility · civility

Family

gobble, goblet, gobs, gob, gobbles, gobbled, gobbler, gobbed

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