barf bag

American  

noun

1. Slang. a disposable paper bag provided by airlines for each passenger in the event of air sickness and usually placed in the pocket behind every seat.

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Example Sentences

My two goals are to avoid using the parachute and not use the barf bag when he makes a left turn and the G force reaches nine times the force of gravity and my face feels numb.

From Los Angeles Times

Rehearsals would have been punishing even for someone who wasn’t presumably trying to navigate them while clutching a first-trimester barf bag.

From Washington Post

There was a barf bag in the seat pocket in front of me, so I poked holes in it with a pen, put my fingers through them, and turned the bag into a puppet.

From Literature

"Then I remember some bad noises coming from Bill, and a barf bag floating back from right to left," he says.

From BBC

I know that for a long time, a lot of having a kid is dealing with dirty diapers, stomach flu, and accidents, and I don’t want to be perpetually holding a barf bag for several years.

From Slate