bumpsadaisy

English

Etymology

Apparently related to bump and whoops-a-daisy.

Interjection

bumpsadaisy

1. 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 […]