Daniel Mallory Ortberg

I spent the first 22 years of my life absorbing everything, like a big disgusting cell, and now I'm disgorging it with jokes added out into the world. That's a really gross metaphor.

American Writer

John Vane

Mammalian cells of all types disgorge prostaglandins at the slightest provocation, but the tissue content of prostaglandins is very low compared with the release.

English Scientist

Michael Hayden

Access to the security clearance database would disgorge even more detailed personal information, including the foreign contacts of American officials.

American Public Servant

Conveys forceful expulsion, often used with natural events or mechanical operations.

Forceful Ejection

Usually refers to a large quantity or mass being expelled at once.

Release of Mass

Carries a connotation of violence or intensity, not a gentle release.

Violent Connotations

Highlights the unwilling aspect of returning what was taken or received.

Reluctant Return

Often associated with legal or ethical contexts, such as returning ill-gotten gains.

Legal or Ethical

Typically used after facing consequences or being caught.

After Consequences

Specific to the financial sector, involving payment of money or dividends.

Financial Context

Related to sharing or distributing benefits or profits to entitled parties.

Benefit Distribution

In finance, disgorging profits is often seen as a positive action for shareholders.

Often Positive

 we see energy as physics, chemistry as mass, and all of a sudden, you get this biology. And we have plenty of energy, so we'll solve that problem, but the biology problem's tricky, because as we put through all these toxic materials that we disgorge, we will never be able to recover that.

Disgorge