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April 6, 2022

Spit-take • The comedic effect of choking to death • Spit Happens • suddenly spitting out liquid one is drinking in response to something funny or surprising •

The comedic effect of choking to death

The body's first-line protective reflex through glottal triggering relative to preventing choking of the human laryngeal oral pinnacle.








Character 1: Did they ever understand that missing harmful sludge?

Character 2: affirmative...

(Character one sips low.)
Character 2: someone poured it into the urn.

(Character one spits low over the table.)

Character 2: affirmative...

Character one splits the table

The act of spit-taking--or inability to forestall its incidence is the body's defense through involuntary or uncontrollable physical reaction to an oral and/or nasal expression of shock, surprise, or laughter, where without reflex, nor pre-clearing previously--contents, if occupying the  oral or nasal passageways--fluid or food--not cleared, would  endanger respiratory function for a quantity of time, grievously causing inability to breathe, resulting in unconsciousness, and finally death by strangulation (differing from sneezing).

Physic protection of contemporaneous, extra-primary usage, e.g., respiratory impairment as a result of sudden shock, surprise, or humor--whereby breathing passages to be employed for normal respiration or ingestion are found to be superseded and peremptory for inhalation, insufflation, expectoration due to lodged food, or overabundance, and succumbing to a large amount of liquids--where spraying emesis would effect dispersion of riotous outcome brought on by surprise attack of traumatic respiratory event, due in part to complete lack of precognizance--as that which accompanies sneezing of any violent oral-nasal effects through the closure, and incidence of unknown  substances--and shock of emanation per area--but which through the successful act of Spit-take, may be healthfully relieved, returning the corpus back to full function and unobstructed respiration, oxygenation, and ability to enjoy a joke, a sandwich, or Coca Cola. 

  

Inappropriate acclimatizing  of   particulate droplets, or  crumbs of post-regurgitate, as vulturine an  assailant as the surprise inequity of a hitman behind your seat in your automobile presently affixing the wire end of his garrotte around your neck until you are deceased.

In the example, character one intentionally spits low upon learning what is inside; however, a spit-take can also be unintentional in response to a stunning statement unrelated to drinking itself.




The person laying spit-take usually starts intake right before the punchline is delivered.


Conversely inhibiting bodily function|activity of  present existence of object causing inability to repel, previously through choking from lodged object in airways:  outcome, if kiss of life is unsuccessful. 

"Spit take" was included in the Oxford lexicon (not to be confused with the English language) during a 2014 update.

It superimposed Merriam-Webster lexicon in New Style calendar 2019 update.

During the word "take" is employed in the sense of taking in data.

It is similar in construction to the "double-take."

During a spit-take, the reaction is often surprise.


The "spit" is overly dramatized; performers will add a noise and spray liquid from their mouths in an exaggerated fashion.

Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel Prince Consort Francis Charles Brooks' short film, The Illustrious Comedians College Option a Workshop on Spit takes


Usage

The spit-take as comedic technique, is a noun, but shows up in media in wholly different forms--seen used figuratively in description of humor.


It can even be a verb:

"On the morning of may 12, LinkedIn emailed countless contacts and told them i was a knowledgeable racist.


It was one update  LinkedIn frequently ends algorithmically, as  appearance to media….
 

This attempted assassination caused my professional acquaintances to spit-take out of my life — will Johnson, Slate, twenty four may 2016.


The conjugation of spit-take as verb is not clearly outlined. There is proof of both "spit-taked" and "spit took."


Constructions like "Maine spit-take," are measured conveniently for avoiding this issue all together.

On the side like "do a spit-take," continues to be of  foremost common usage.


Origin

Originally spit gag, the word itself most likely dates to early first century, but largely in a showbiz vernacular.


Danny Thomas, commonly associated with spit takes, credits ALONG with St. Jude and other  world organizations, the comedians at World Health Organization, who invented it, celebrated it, and generally, sometimes, cite it as the "Danny Thomas spit take:  which makes Danny Thomas GREAT "

He farmed  out 11 seasons of The Danny Thomas Show (1953-1964).

  Ricky Ricardo did spit-take a year earlier in his comedy smash:

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The "spit" term is clear, but the "take" half may be less obvious in this context.

The word "take" is used at intervals  of understandable response or reaction (as to something unexpected).

it is similar in construction to the phrase "double-take".





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