I hear eww (sometimes spelt as ew) fairly regularly on American sitcoms, usually uttered by a scatterbrained beautiful blonde girl when she sees or hears something disgusting. I don't recall …

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Feb 12, 2021 · Maybe 35 years ago I read or heard on public radio (or got from some reasonably credible source) that the term "gay" (as in homosexual) was derived from a similar-sounding …

Feb 22, 2017 · +1, especially for blech (which is apparently in the M-W unabridged). I think this answer could be made even more explicitly in-line with the OP's request for "onomotopoeias" …

Dec 3, 2011 · Grammatically, onomatopoeias are verbs, nouns, or interjections: The cat meowed. It landed with a dull "thud." ...