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You know the sputtering, raspberry-like noises you make with your lips on a baby’s tummy so he’ll giggle? Many people call that a raspberry, but some people call that a zerbert. A caller’s insists that Bill Cosby coined the term on his . She begs to differ. This is part of a complete episode.

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