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Blowing a raspberry comes from the [[Cockney rhyming slang]] "raspberry tart" for 'fart'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/298362.html |title=Raspberry tart |publisher=Phrases.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience. |
Blowing a raspberry comes from the [[Cockney rhyming slang]] "raspberry tart" for 'fart'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/298362.html |title=Raspberry tart |publisher=Phrases.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience. |
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The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound made by some spectators in [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], located in [[Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[New York]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hinkley|first=David|title=Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942|publisher= New York Daily News |date=March 3, 2004|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/03/2004-03-03_scorn_and_disdain_spike_jone.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Eric|title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25937-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4YfsEgHLjboC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%2522bronx+cheer%2522+etymology}}</ref> |
The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound made by some spectators in [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], located in [[the Bronx]], [[New York City]], [[New York]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Hinkley|first=David|title=Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942|publisher= New York Daily News |date=March 3, 2004|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/03/2004-03-03_scorn_and_disdain_spike_jone.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Eric|title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I|year=2006|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-25937-8|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4YfsEgHLjboC&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=%2522bronx+cheer%2522+etymology}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:22, 18 March 2013
Blowing a raspberry, strawberry or making a Bronx cheer is to make a noise signifying derision, real or feigned. It is made by placing the tongue between the lips and blowing to produce a sound similar to flatulence. In the terminology of phonetics, this sound can be described as an unvoiced linguolabial trill [r̼̊]. It is never used in human language phonemically (e.g., to be used as a building block of words), but the sound is widely used across human cultures.
The nomenclature varies by country. In the United States, Bronx cheer is sometimes used; otherwise, in the U.S. and in other English-speaking countries, it is known as a raspberry, rasp, or razz – the origin of which is an instance of rhyming slang, in which the non-rhyming part of a rhyming phrase is used as a synonym. In this case, "raspberry tart" rhymes with "fart".[1] It was first recorded in 1890.[2]
A raspberry pattern or the raspberry pattern represents the form that the mouth takes as it produces the noise similar to that created by flatulence, similar to that of gas as it is passed through the anus.[3]
In Internet English shorthand and on forums and blogs, the transcription "pbbbt" has come to be used to mean blowing a raspberry.
Etymology
Blowing a raspberry comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for 'fart'.[4] Rhyming slang was particularly used in British comedy to refer to things which would be unacceptable to a polite audience.
The term "Bronx cheer" is used sarcastically because it is not a cheer; it is used to show disapproval. The term originated as a reference to the sound made by some spectators in Yankee Stadium, located in the Bronx, New York City, New York.[5][6]
See also
- Bilabial trill
- Joe Btfsplk
- Golden Raspberry Awards
- Linguistic universal
- The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town
References
- ^ Bryson, Bill (1990). The Mother Tongue: English & How It Got That Way (Trade printing, September 1991 ed.). Avon Books. p. 238. ISBN 0-380-71543-0.
- ^ "raspberry". The Mavens' Word of the Day. Random House. 1998-04-13. Retrieved September 19, 2005.
- ^ The Raspberry Pattern, Urbandictionary.com
- ^ "Raspberry tart". Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ Hinkley, David (March 3, 2004). "Scorn and disdain: Spike Jones giffs Hitler der old birdaphone, 1942". New York Daily News.
- ^ Partridge, Eric (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-25937-8.
External links
- Video of raspberry blowing at 500 frames per second, taken with a high speed camera
- Video of one long raspberry