Raspberry Cockney facts
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The expression 'blowing a raspberry' comes from Cockney rhyming slang - originally 'raspberry tart' which rhymes with 'fart'
The word raspberry in the context of "blowing a raspberry" comes from the cockney rhyming slang raspberry tart = fart.
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The phrase "blow a raspberry" came from the Cockney Rhyming Slang term meaning "fart" (Raspberry tart = fart)
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"blowing a raspberry" comes from the Cockney rhyming slang for "fart," which is "raspberry tart," and "put up your dukes" comes from "Duke of York," rhyming slang for "fork," which itself was Cockney slang for "fist."
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The definition of "Cockney rhyming slang," e.g. "bunch of Rubble" = "Barney Rubble, trouble," from Ocean's 11 Basher and a "raspberry" = "fart" from "raspberry tart." It involves constructing a phrase that rhymes w/ a word for those "in the know" thereof, then removing all but the rhyming word.
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The term "blow a raspberry" comes from the Cockney rhyming slang "raspberry tart" for fart.
