![]() ![]() The book examines the origin of the earliest stories the popularization of the "spat-upon image" through Hollywood films and other media, and the role of print news media in perpetuating the now iconic image through which the history of the war and anti-war movement has come to be represented. The book is an analysis of the widely believed narrative that American soldiers were spat upon and insulted by anti-war protesters upon returning home from the Vietnam War. The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Vietnam is a 1998 book by Vietnam veteran and sociology professor Jerry Lembcke. For other uses, see Spitting Image (disambiguation). Accessed 20 March, 2023.This article is about the Jerry Lembcke book. “Etymology of spit.” Online Etymology Dictionary. Definition of spit from the Collins English Dictionary. "expel saliva," Old English spittan (Anglian), spætan (West Saxon), transitive and intransitive, past tense spytte, from Proto-Germanic spitjan, from PIE *sp(y)eu-, of imitative origin. The cat had spat at the vacuum cleaner before running away.The gum had been spat out onto the bottom of the desk.The venom had been spat by the snake, poisoning its prey.The script had been spat out by the printer, covered in typos.The player had spat out his mouthguard in frustration. Examples of the past participle, spat, in context: The boxer spat blood into the bucket between rounds.They spat out their food when they realized it was spoiled.She spat out her coffee after tasting how bitter it was.She took a mouthful of food and then suddenly spat it out.He spat on the sidewalk and walked away.He was spitting blood from a badly cut lip.I was so angry at the dentist's office, I was practically spitting blood.She always spits out her gum before going to bed. ![]()
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