Achoo

( "If only we hadn't let our impressionable kids hear the word achoo at such a tender age, they never would have gotten caught up with that fast crowd!") ❋ Unknown (2009)

"If only we hadn’t let our impressionable kids hear the word achoo at such a tender age, they never would have gotten caught up with that fast crowd!" ❋ Unknown (2008)

Opinion has been somewhat more divided about the actress's portrayal of a different single woman: Adelaide, the grippe-gripped perennial fiancée in "Guys and Dolls" who keeps saying "achoo" because her boyfriend won't say "I do." ❋ Unknown (2009)

"For a normal flu, we say 'achoo', but for swine flu we say 'achoink," was another.

All sneezes involve closed eyes, but I guess one could simply say "achoo" with one's eyes open. ❋ Unknown (2008)

my new copy of the castanets' album first light's freeze arrived in the post. the asthmatic kitty logo is so adorable. and they also sent me a sampler, and it's called 'achoo' and it has kitties on the front. cute. i am almost as excited as the time i mail ordered a pipas cd and it came with a sweet little note from mark inside. ❋ Kerouacslover (2008)

If the productive-consumer classes are to be tapped with Keynes and capped with pigovian carbon taxes a la Manciw will any resulting social environmental economic gains matter one whit when Iceland decides to achoo? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thanks, I say in Lithuanian, which sounds like achoo. ❋ Anthony Doerr (2010)

When your dog brings the tissue to you, say, “Good achoo!” and ask him to “Drop it.” ❋ Tamar Geller (2010)

While I highly recommend the print edition of the magazine for the simple reason that the format is handiest for reading in the bathroom, I also understand that there are people who eschew paper "eschew," pronounced "achoo," is an onomatopoeia for sneezing at something. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2010)