"Tourists are our future - these are the people who generate the moneys that give an awful lot of the people in this city a job, and we are not going to walk away from that," Bloomberg said.

Record Number of Tourists Say: I "Heart" N.Y. [NYDN]

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I thought blood was going to come out my eyes.

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pretty sure the expression is a result of jim benton's "happy bunny"...shitty keychains/stickers were sold all over america (claire's, hot topic, other pre-teen stores with crappy t-shirts) with the phrase "you just made me throw up in my mouth a little." and a bunny looking happily embarrassed . . . anyway, it's really hard to find information on just when happy bunny infiltrated suburban malls, but i could swear he's been around about 5 years. also, this interview with jim benton acknowledges that happy bunny is at least 3 years old.

I first heard the phrase uttered by Jay Mohr's agent character in the 1999 TV series "Action"

Just so you know, although I'm not sure if it was the first use ever, but Parker Posey used the sentence "I (think I) just threw up in my mouth a little bit" in one of the episodes of Will and Grace that she was on (not sure which one though, but it was the one where she thought Will wanted her because of Jack's manipulative ploy - how original!). According to imdb, she appeared twice on W&G, in 2001 - way before 2004.

I think the phrase "I just threw up a little bit in my mouth" actually originated on an episode of Friends, long before 2004. I believe it was Monica's quote.

Jim McKay's film "Our Song" from 2000 about three high school girls who are members of Brooklyn's "Jackie
Robinson Steppers Marching Band" — one thinks she's pregnant. The
tip-off for the audience is when she suddenly says, "Oh my god, I think
I just threw up in my own mouth." (I'm quoting from memory.) Admittedly,
the emphasis is more on the location ("in my own mouth") of the throw-up
than on the amount ("a little bit").

This phrase has been around since the dawn of fucking time

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From whence did it come, though? It's important to us to know, for some reason. So after the jump, we make like William Safire, if William Safire was bludgeoned over the head repeatedly with a blunt object, and explore the etymology of the phrase. (That's not the one with insects, is it?)

The answer was simple to find, and would have been even easier for us to suss out if we'd ever seen the movie Dodgeball. Apparently there's a scene in the movie wherein Christine Taylor's character receives unwanted advances from Ben Stiller's character, to which she responds with the now-classic line. After the movie's release in 2004, the phrase spread across the internet like something ickier than wildfire. Gonorrhea. No, more irritating. It spread like a combination of head lice and gonorrhea at the same time. Here are some of the most popular usages, randomly selected from the 10,400 available examples.

Best. [ultimate thing or experience.] Ever/Evar.
Likely originating in the reverse ("worst [x] ever"), this clich still has a deathgrip on the media, in all its sincere and sarcastic permutations. It's usually taken to mean a state of permanent, perpetual bestness, which is of course unsustainable. Sooner or later, something will not be the best [x] ever, and this phrase is a perfect example.

[undesirable counter-example], not so much.
The punchline that ends a thousand million columns and blog posts. Weak as the lightest of lite beers, or the puny farts you get from such beer.

FTW, O RLY, lol, FTL, OMG, FWIW, btw, PWND, ROTFL, etc.
These are borderline acceptable if you're instant messaging, speed-typing while online gaming, or expressing approval of a pornographic image posted to your favorite kink forum. Beyond that, stop it. Even if your audience uses these expressions in daily life, such practice should not be encouraged. Self-consciously peppering normal discourse with geekspeak acronyms (especially when used in conjunction with non-geek subjects) no longer rescues your words by way of anti-coolness. See also: "teh" anything.

[negative experience, situation, or description]; I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.
In a rare sane move, most writers realize this one is dead, and thus avoid it. However, only when "threw up in my mouth" is completely exterminated from the world consciousness may we all rest in peace.

[purposefully non-ghetto statement], yo.
Often used in conjunction other ghetto nonfabulous phrases like "Oh snap!" and "The [object or situation] was mad [obscure adjective]," the ubiquitous "yo" is a red flag of caucasianness, or at least non-blackness, or certainly anti-hipness. See also "haterade," "shizzle," and so on. One waves the flag to signal and suborn the anti-cool nature of the associated prose, but these days, "yo" and its ghetto-term relations sound tired even when uttered by actual ghetto residents.

[undesirable conclusion]. Oy.
Even more so than fake ghettospeak, fake Jewspeak has been completely drained of impact, which perversely has made it even more prevalent in media and blogs (due to the well-known Jewish control of both). "Oy" in particular is a universally pointless and fantastically lazy way to express discontent without actually saying anything.

[amazed paraphrase of opposing position]. Seriously? Seriously?
Deadly serious in fact. The prose equivalent of telling a bad joke, wiggling your eyebrows, and saying "Eh? Eh? Eh? Am I right?" to your readers.

What's next? [outlandish scenario]?
Take something you don't like, then imagine a nutty alternate universe where that thing is exaggerated beyond all reason. One must follow from the other, correct? Your rhetorical work here is done.

I'm looking at you, [example of complaint].
Has been known to cause actual outbreaks of hives. As if the thing/person "looked" at would react with a surprised and bashful "Who, me?". Puts the writer in the unflattering role (for all concerned) of pedantic schoolteacher addressing unruly children.

Um, [condescension]?
As a verbal tic in conversation, "um" is perfectly acceptable and often auditorially invisible. Written in prose, it signals a level of smarmy superiority that would get you rightly punched in the face if you dared behave like that in person.

[Argument], wait for it, [rhetorical flourish].
Where did this come from? Stage direction cues in the theater? No matter, it's a ridiculous tease and artificial tension builder that's never worth the wait.

[Undesirable experience] made my [sensory organ] bleed.
One hopes there are people who've actually had their eyes, ears, or other parts bleed in such situations, so they can use this expression in all clinical honesty. Beyond that, inexcusable.

[adjective]-y goodness
"Goodness" once might have served as a comical placeholder for sarcastic expressions of positivity, but now it exists in this construction purely to demonstrate the high-lariousness of the writer. A near cousin replaces "goodness" with a noun specific to the context, such as "his sexy backness."

[any word]-gasm
Not orgasmic in any respect, and long past funny or clever.

[x] is the new [y].
The unkillable grandaddy of them all, a Protean monster capable of adapting to any topic, discussion, situation, or writer. Has gone through so many levels of irony, sarcasm, and hipster appropriation that it deserves to be captured and dissected so we can finally understand its vigor. There is likely no defense, but fight it as long as you can. Your sacrifice will be remembered.