estirabot

== Catalan == === Etymology === By metathesis from earlier (now dialectal) estaribot, from Spanish estribote, a satirical verse form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əs.ti.ɾəˈβot] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əs.ti.ɾəˈbot] IPA(key): (Valencia) [es.ti.ɾaˈbot] === Noun === estirabot m (plural estirabots) an absurdity, a silly thing to say, a piece of nonsense === Further reading === “estirabot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007