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Saturday, October 24, 2015
zerbert
Noun
zerbert
(
plural
zerberts
)
The sound that occurs where someone places the mouth against skin and blows, imitative of the sound of
flatulence
.
Etymology
Coined as part of an episode of
The Cosby Show
in 1986.
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