noun General Slang

Raspberry Tart

/ˈrɑːzbri tɑːt/ · noun · vulgar

Cockney for a fart — 'raspberry tart' rhymes with fart, and a rude noise became a 'raspberry'.

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Definitions

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A fart. 'Raspberry tart' rhymes with 'fart', and the term is clipped to 'raspberry', which is why blowing a rude noise with the tongue is called 'blowing a raspberry'.

“Someone let off a right raspberry tart in the lift.”
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Shortened to 'raspberry', a derisive spluttering noise made to mock or jeer.

“The crowd blew a raspberry when the ref pointed to the spot.”
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By extension, any sign of contempt or dismissal aimed at a person or idea.

“His big plan got a raspberry from the whole table.”
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Raspberry Tart In A Sentence

He blew a raspberry tart and legged it out the door.
The baby blew a raspberry at her grandad and giggled.
That speech earned nothing but a raspberry from the floor.

Origin & Usage

Victorian-era Cockney rhyming slang; 'raspberry tart' for 'fart' is the documented source of the wider English idiom 'to blow a raspberry', with the rhyming-slang derivation noted by lexicographers tracing London street talk back to Hotten's 1859 dictionary tradition.

Variants raspberry
Tags #cockney#rhyming#british#uk#body

People Also Ask

What does raspberry tart mean?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for fart. 'Tart' rhymes with 'fart', and it's shortened to 'raspberry'.

Is 'blowing a raspberry' related?

Yes. The everyday phrase 'blow a raspberry' comes straight from this rhyming slang — 'raspberry tart' for 'fart'.

Where did raspberry tart come from?

From Victorian London's Cockney patter, the same tradition catalogued by Hotten in 1859, where rude bodily slang was a rich seam.

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