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bumpage

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Etymology

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From bump +‎ -age.

Noun

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bumpage (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A bump or bumps.
    • 1995, "Mother Simpson" (episode), The Simpsons (TV series)
      BURNS: She has the sloping brow and cranial bumpage of the career criminal.
      SMITHERS: Uh, sir, phrenology was dismissed as quackery 160 years ago.
    • 2016, Meghann Foye, Meternity, page 60:
      Four full days of bumpage — no sign of being caught. Blousy tops thanks to a shipment of maternity gear from Addison's shoots help hide my faux belly from the rest of the staff, who sadly, must think I've just put on the pounds.