blow a raspberry
to make a rude sound with the tongue and mouth
TRANSLATION
blow a raspberry =verächtlich prusten, ein abfälliges Furzgeräusch mit dem Mund erzeugen --- GOOGLE INDEX blow a raspberry: approximately 150,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Judge Reprimanded for Jailing Guy Who BLEW HIM THE RASPBERRY
(www.loweringthebar.net)
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Here's hoping that as he stands there in front of our devastated coast claiming he's the hurricane president and that we all GIVE HIM THE RASPBERRY he so deserves.
(American Daily)
(www.loweringthebar.net)
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Here's hoping that as he stands there in front of our devastated coast claiming he's the hurricane president and that we all GIVE HIM THE RASPBERRY he so deserves.
(American Daily)
Did you
know?
blow a raspberry
slang phrase
- to make a rude sound made by sticking the tongue out and blowing
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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It's difficult to imagine what a raspberry has to do with making an unpleasant noise. For this, and other interesting expressions, we can thank the Cockney Rhyming slang that was popular in London in the 19th century. This unique dialect is said to have originated from small-time criminals and thugs in London's backstreets as a means of trying to fool the police.
The method was relatively simple. Pick two related words - like apples and pears - and then find a word that rhymes with the latter; stairs for instance. Suddenly the phrase apples and pears is slang for stairs. Other examples include Adam and Eve for believe, trouble and strife for wife and dog and bone for phone.
Coming back to our OWAD, the phrase raspberry tart means fart in Cockney slang. And because the rude sound made by sticking out the tongue and blowing sounds like someone loudly expelling intestinal gas, this gesture became known as "blowing a raspberry." In the U.S. it is often referred to as a "Bronx cheer," in honour of the fickle New York Yankees baseball fans who were known to heckle players they didn't like or who were playing badly. The Bronx is a district of New York City where the Yankees make their home.
Never blew a raspberry before? Then follow these simple instructions from a late 19th-century dictionary of slang:
"The tongue is inserted in the left cheek and forced through the lips, producing a peculiarly squashy noise that is extremely irritating. It is termed, I believe, a raspberry, and when not employed for the purpose of testing horseflesh, is regarded rather as an expression of contempt than of admiration."
This phrase is also expressed as "give someone the raspberry" and with the verb "razz" (He was razzed by the crowd after missing an easy goal).
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"Guess what! someone at the back of the room blew a raspberry during the shareholder meeting."
slang phrase
- to make a rude sound made by sticking the tongue out and blowing
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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It's difficult to imagine what a raspberry has to do with making an unpleasant noise. For this, and other interesting expressions, we can thank the Cockney Rhyming slang that was popular in London in the 19th century. This unique dialect is said to have originated from small-time criminals and thugs in London's backstreets as a means of trying to fool the police.
The method was relatively simple. Pick two related words - like apples and pears - and then find a word that rhymes with the latter; stairs for instance. Suddenly the phrase apples and pears is slang for stairs. Other examples include Adam and Eve for believe, trouble and strife for wife and dog and bone for phone.
Coming back to our OWAD, the phrase raspberry tart means fart in Cockney slang. And because the rude sound made by sticking out the tongue and blowing sounds like someone loudly expelling intestinal gas, this gesture became known as "blowing a raspberry." In the U.S. it is often referred to as a "Bronx cheer," in honour of the fickle New York Yankees baseball fans who were known to heckle players they didn't like or who were playing badly. The Bronx is a district of New York City where the Yankees make their home.
Never blew a raspberry before? Then follow these simple instructions from a late 19th-century dictionary of slang:
"The tongue is inserted in the left cheek and forced through the lips, producing a peculiarly squashy noise that is extremely irritating. It is termed, I believe, a raspberry, and when not employed for the purpose of testing horseflesh, is regarded rather as an expression of contempt than of admiration."
This phrase is also expressed as "give someone the raspberry" and with the verb "razz" (He was razzed by the crowd after missing an easy goal).
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Guess what! someone at the back of the room blew a raspberry during the shareholder meeting."
