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I pushed back my chair (Crazy Legs had recommended standing to help
gravity along). Although I was starving, as the countdown began, I
looked at the balls and felt my appetite flee. I was worried that I
might experience what is known in the sport as "an urge contrary to
swallowing." "We don't use the 'V' word," Crazy Legs had explained to
me. If that urge can't be overcome, the resulting eruption is known as
a "Roman incident." Crazy Legs had experienced one only secondhand,
when a competitor standing next to him at a jambalaya contest started
spewing stew.

Emily Yoffe, "Great Balls of Matzo"
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