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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barf bag

To get cleared, I have to pass a pre-flight instruction class how to use a parachute and an explanation what to do with the barf bag.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

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 ● Feb. 13, 2023

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

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2021

Hoo boy, do we have the barf bag for you.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 31, 2020

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 "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman