bump uglies
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[edit]bump uglies (third-person singular simple present bumps uglies, present participle bumping uglies, simple past and past participle bumped uglies)
- (vulgar, slang) To perform sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: bump nasties, do the nasty; see also Thesaurus:copulate
- 1961, Edward Albee, The American Dream: a play, New York: Coward, McGann and Geoghegan, page 23:
- I have a right to live off of you because I married you, and because I used to let you get on top of me and bump your uglies
- 1984 September 27, Serena, “L.A. Dee Da: On The Streets”, in L.A. Weekly[1], Los Angeles, page 46:
- [T]he lead singer found his girlfriend bumping uglies in the dark with the roadie. But then said singer was with a blonde floozie himself—see what being on an L.A. trash-band bill can do to ya?
- 1997, Peter J. Crisanto-Croox, Trukness: Based on the Real Life Adventures and Times of One of the Many Gregory John Nolascos[2], page 113:
- Mongo never asked anybody their sexual identity unless he was hooking for a quick fuck. He'd say, "Hey Baby, do you like men? Let's oil up and bump uglies."
- 2013, Fede Álvarez, Rodo Sayagues, 9:52, in Evil Dead:
- Some teenagers probably just broke in here to drink beer and bump uglies.
- 2019 September 5, Oliver Balch, quoting Niko Vorobyov, “It takes a former drug dealer to explain the global narcotics scene”, in The Spectator[3]:
- The gonzo slang may grate after a while, but it has the compelling benefit of ringing true. This Tinder date, for instance: ‘Although we never bumped uglies, we bonded over our love of doggo memes and cocaine.’ It’s not pretty, but it works.
Further reading
[edit]- “bump uglies v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present