rumpy-pumpy

English

Alternative forms

• rumpie-pumpie

Etymology

From rump.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌmpi pʌmpi/

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• Rhymes: -ʌmpi

Noun

rumpy-pumpy (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, humorous) Sex.
   • 1968, Scottish National Dictionary:

     Rump, Rumpie-pumpie, a jocular term for copulation.

   • 1986, Ben Elton et al., “Bells”, in Blackadder II:

     —What think you, my lord, of... love?
     —You mean ‘rumpy-pumpy’.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:copulation

Translations

humorous or childish word for copulation

• Greek: φίκι φίκι n (fíki fíki)