Engineering:Speibecken
A Speibecken or Kotzbecken is a basin for people to vomit into. These sinks are installed in some bars, restaurants and student fraternities in German-speaking countries[1][2] as well as in bars in Vietnam.[3]
The Speibecken is often a large ceramic bowl installed at waist height with handles for the user to hold onto and a shower head to flush the unit.[1] They are encountered more often in men's facilities than in women's.
In Germany and Austria they have become associated with the heavy drinking traditions of student fraternities.[2][4] They have also been provided at supervised injection sites for drug users.[5]
Names
Speibeck comes from the German speien ("to spit" but also "to vomit") and Becken ("bowl, basin").[6][7] The term also has the meaning of the traditional spittoon, used by tobacco chewers or in dentist's surgeries.[8] In some parts of Austria and Germany they are known as Kotzbecken (from kotzen, "to puke").[2][4] In Vietnam they are called bồn ói [nôn], meaning "puke sink".[3]
Speibecken are nicknamed Papst ("pope") often said to be because people must bow their heads to use them. In some German-speaking regions vomiting is known as papsten ("poping"). The shower head fixed nearby to flush the Speibecken is also nicknamed "large white telephone".[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ehmke, Kurt (2 June 2015). "Speibecken für Brech-Burschen" (in de). Neue Westfälische. https://www.nw.de/lokal/bielefeld/mitte/20328250_Speibecken-fuer-Brech-Burschen.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmid, Fabian (2 March 2020). "Missbrauch in der Burschenschaft: "Mach jetzt mit, sonst ..."" (in de-AT). Der Standard. https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000115205367/missbrauch-in-der-burschenschaft-mach-jetzt-mit-sonst.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Godfrey, Calvin (19 October 2014). "OP-ED: The problem with Vietnam's vomitoriums". Thanh Nien Daily. http://www.thanhniennews.com/commentaries/oped-the-problem-with-vietnams-vomitoriums-32749.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "RNZ-Leser zu Erstsemester-Feiern: "Studenten? Feiern? Passt wahrlich nicht zusammen"" (in de). Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 12 October 2018. https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-rnz-leser-zu-erstsemester-feiern-studenten-feiern-passt-wahrlich-nicht-zusammen-_arid,392867.html.
- ↑ ""Fixerstuben" in Karlsruhe: Drogenkonsumraum soll mehr Sicherheit in Problemviertel bringen" (in de). Rhein Neckar Zeitung. 3 December 2017. https://www.rnz.de/politik/suedwest_artikel,-fixerstuben-in-karlsruhe-drogenkonsumraum-soll-mehr-sicherheit-in-problemviertel-bringen-_arid,320720.html.
- ↑ "Speien :: German-English translation". Dict.cc. https://www.dict.cc/?s=Speien.
- ↑ "Becken :: German-English translation". https://www.dict.cc/?s=becken.
- ↑ "Speibecken :: German-English translation". Dict.cc. https://www.dict.cc/german-english/Speibecken.html.
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