Borborygmus
(plural borborygmi) Noun:a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
My comment: my next Dark Lord in my next book shall certainly be called Balthrog the Borborygmus.
I am so totally kidding. My next Dark Lord is actually named Enmeduranki Nimrod-nipu Shitimgal Duhumunamaru, He Who Binds Earth to Heaven, Son of the Mighty Hunter, Architect of the Tower of Darkness Absolute.
Borborgymus is the name of his Dark Land. It is beneath the shadow of Mount Eructation.
Oddly enough I used this word today in advising a patient on the signs and symptoms of lactose intolerance.
You’ve got yourself a customer.
One of my favourite words, ever since I learned it from James Herriot. –God, British authors used to be such wonderful vocabulary-expanders; I love the Harry Potter series, but Rowling is not an heir to that tradition.
My favorite author for vocabulary include fantasy authors like Jack Vance, Clarke Ashton Smith, HP Lovecraft, and Gene Wolfe. Of nonfiction authors David Bentley Hart commands the best vocabulary I have read in recent years.
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Balthrog’s epithet would have to be “the Borborygmous,” anyway. But it’s an excellent name for an oppressed Dark Land.