This word was first introduced on "The Cosby Show", (Season 2, Episode 11). In the episode, Vanessa was practicing for a spelling test, and Rudy kept interrupting, asking what a series of nonsense letters spelled. The following, including spelling, is taken from the subtitles as transmitted.
Rudy: Vanessa, what does "Q-N-G-H" spell?
Vanessa: Nothing. Give me another word.
Rudy: What does "Z-R-B-T-T" spell?
Vanessa: Nothing!
Rudy: How come when you spell it's a word and when I spell it it's nothing?
Vanessa: Dad, I'm studying very hard for the spelling test, and she keeps asking dumb questions.
Cliff: I don't think anybody asks dumb questions. What's your problem?
Rudy: What does "Z-R-B-T-T" spell?
Cliff: "Z-R-B-T-T" spell? Uh... That's zurbitt. Zurbitt... uh.. You know what I think a zurbitt is? I just remembered. A zurbitt is this:(makes zrbtt on Rudy's cheek.)
As you can see, our family spelling and pronounciation may be a little bit off, but we all enjoy a good ZRBTT, zirbitt, or zerbert every now and then.
Today the youngest son shared some exceptional zerberts with his cousin's baby. Just looking at these pictures makes me want to giggle.
Who wouldn't want to zerbert those sweet little cheeks?
2 comments:
Is that Ben's baby? One summer we watched all the episodes of the Brady Bunch. Fun Times!
Yup, that is cute little Ellie. We got to enjoy some baby time with her one of the days that we were in Utah. She was lots of fun, as were her brothers.
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