vomitorium

Definitions

noun A passage located behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre used as an exit for the crowds
noun An area in which vomiting takes place, in particular a chamber supposedly used by ancient Romans to vomit during a feast so they could continue eating.

From Latin vomitōrium ("entrance to an amphitheatre"), substantive of vomitōrius ("emetic", "provoking vomiting"), from vomō ("vomit").

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However, having just looked up the word vomitorium in the Latin dictionary, I find that after all it does not mean a place where you went to be sick after dinner.

As I Please 1946
Caligula would throw an epic orgy and then pay a visit to the vomitorium.

Matthew Yglesias » What Would The Roman Empire Do? 2009
And let me tell you, as the people who invented the vomitorium, we Romans know something about having fun.

Clay Farris Naff: Keep Saturn in Saturnalia! Clay Farris Naff 2010
And let me tell you, as the people who invented the vomitorium, we Romans know something about having fun.

Clay Farris Naff: Keep Saturn in Saturnalia! Clay Farris Naff 2010
And let me tell you, as the people who invented the vomitorium, we Romans know something about having fun.

Clay Farris Naff: Keep Saturn in Saturnalia! Clay Farris Naff 2010
Unlike Steyn she considers this a good thing as it will get rid of the moral vomitorium called Europe.

Churchill and the EU 2010
Go puke at the vomitorium with your Toronto friends in Toronto.

Archive 2007-04-01 2007
After the bacchanal somebody is left cleaning up the vomitorium.

gay marriage, welcome to the vomitorium Dymphna 2009
Dymphna's Road: gay marriage, welcome to the vomitorium skip to main

gay marriage, welcome to the vomitorium Dymphna 2009
We'll need an old fashioned Roman vomitorium after that one.

Hagel: Commutation "Unfortunate"; Smith: "I Don't Know What Happened Here" 2009