bumpsadaisy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently related to bump and whoops-a-daisy.
Interjection
[edit]bumpsadaisy
- Used to accompany, or to apologise for, a bumping motion.
- 1983, Lynne McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, Her Life and Times:
- The Big Apple had been introduced that year, and Kathleen and her friends loved forming the big circle and ending with a bumpsadaisy […]
- 1996, Sally Bedell Smith, Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman:
- […] the wild gyrations of the "Big Apple," in which everyone formed a circle and ended with a "bumpsadaisy," and the Lambeth Walk, […]
- 1999, Michael Earley, Philippa Keil, Contemporary Scenes for Actors, Women:
- (MOTH on his way back with the drinks. Bumps into someone. Dolly bird.) / MOTH. Oops sorry love. Bumpsadaisy. You all right […]