clunge

English

Etymology

A nonsense word in a rant by McBlane (actor Joseph Brady) in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as "ap yer clunge!" ("up your clunge"). Probably invented by writer David Nobbs to mean "arse".

Popularised by British television series The Inbetweeners (from 2008).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klʌnd͡ʒ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

clunge (countable and uncountable, plural clunges)

1. (UK, vulgar, slang, chiefly Internet) Vulva or vagina.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:clunge.
2. (UK, vulgar, slang, chiefly Internet, originally but now rare) Arse. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

• guncle