pick up stompies

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

See stompie (cigarette butt), suggesting something that is over and done with.

Verb[edit]

pick up stompies (third-person singular simple present picks up stompies, present participle picking up stompies, simple past and past participle picked up stompies)

  1. (South Africa) To join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.