What it means
A very Aussie way to say vomit or be sick, especially after too many drinks, rough seas, or some dodgy feed that’s staged a full stomach mutiny. It works as both noun and verb, so you can chunder in the cab or have a chunder behind the pub. Crude, vivid, and proudly disgusting.
Usage examples
"We hit the footy, smashed a few tinnies, and on the ride home Mick suddenly chundered everywhere, now the cabbie’s charging a cleaning fee."
"The boat hit choppy water an hour in, and half the tour group was chundering over the rail before we even reached the island."
"Too many vodkas and a dirty kebab was a cursed little combo, and he ended up chundering in the alley behind the bottleshop."
"Don’t sit in the back if you’re feeling crook, mate, last time Josh chundered all through his hoodie before we hit the lights."
"Too many Bundies on an empty stomach and Dan had to jump out the ute for a quick chunder by the servo."
Where it comes from
It’s widely linked to Australian and New Zealand slang, with popular use exploding after the Barry Humphries character Barry McKenzie. The exact root is still debated, but chunder has been around for decades as a blunt, comic word for vomiting, and its ugly sound is a big part of why it stuck.
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