borborygm

noun /ˌbɔːbəˈɹɪɡm̩/

1. A gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels.

   rare

   Borborygm, a rumbling Noiſe in the Guts.

2. A gurgling or rumbling.

   figuratively

   [Susan] Sontag then pauses for the space of a paragraph to deliver a swift verbal kick at American fiction for its technical unadventurousness, its lack of an avant-garde, and its tendency to interpretive borborygm.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French borborygme, ultimately from Ancient Greek βορβορυγμός (borborugmós, “(onomatopoeic) borborygmus”), from βορβορύζω (borborúzō, “to experience borborygmus”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry borborygm (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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