Phrase guide

worship the porcelain god

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɜːʃɪp ðə ˈpɔːsəlɪn ˈɡɒd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹsəlɪn ˈɡɑd/
  • General-American: /ˈwɝʃɪp ðə ˈpɔɹslɪn ˈɡɑd/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒd

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verb

Meaning 1

To vomit into a toilet bowl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, idiomatic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bow down before the porcelain god, drive the porcelain bus, pray to the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess, bait, barf, be sick, blow chunks, boak, boke, boot, bork, cast, cast up one's accounts, chuck, chuck up, chunder, disgorge, erupt, gag, get sick, heave, honk, hurl, launch one's lunch, lose one's lunch, puke, puke up, purge, ralph, regurge, regurgitate, retch, shoot the cat, sick, sick up, spew, talk to God on the big white telephone, talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, throw up, toss, toss one's cookies, upchuck, vomit, woof one's cookies, whoops, worship the porcelain god, yak

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the body position when one bends over a toilet bowl (which is often made of porcelain) to vomit, which is regarded as similar to that of praying.