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[durao]

Sorry guys... but I'm from MOZAMBIQUE and my technical English is not that very good... So I ask> 

What is a SPIT-TAKE???

[Cartilage Head]

 It is when something surprising happens and the surprised person spit out what they were drinking/eating.

 Also oh my god, please don't put so many awful things in your posts.

[durao]

 

Also oh my god, please don't put so many awful things in your posts.

Gotcha!!

Tanx!

[Is it cold in here?]

Strip #47 is a good example.

Think of the word "take" as being like its use in the phrase "double-take", which is when someone is surprised and takes a second look at something.

It is not a very common phrase and is for informal use.

[Surgoshan]

It comes from film, wherein a "take" is a scene, reaction, or such that has been filmed.  So when the camera zooms in on the hero as he agonizes over which wire to cut... that's a 'take'.  It's been took.

So a spit take is a brief cut of someone spraying a significant quantity of fluid.  Because it's an action shot and can will involve dramatic cuts before and after, it can be done all by itself (rather than as part of a longer camera sequence).  So you can film the take all by itself.  A spit take.

[bunnyThor]

The spit take in under ten seconds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJy1TdXwBKs&feature=related