Belyando spew
/bɛlˌjandəʊ ˈspjuː/noun [mass noun] Australian informal
Any illness marked by bouts of vomiting: there I got the dreadful rot, and Belyando spew...
- I had my first experience of what was called Belyando spew—everything one ate came back again and no one seemed to know of an antidote.
- Belyando spew, gastric spirochaetosis, is an affection characterized by vomiting, without nausea, occurring suddenly after meals.
- There was another complaint of the times that went by a variety of names—including Belyando spew—and its sufferers vomited at the sight or even the thought of food.
Origin
Late 19th century: named after the Belyando River in central Queensland.