rumpy-pumpy

English

Alternative forms

• rumpy pumpy, rumpie-pumpie

Etymology

From rump +‎ -y + pump +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹʌmpi pʌmpi/

• Audio (Midland US, male voice):

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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:

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

   • 1999 February 3, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Strangler's Wood”, in Midsomer Murders:

     DCI Tom Barnaby: You were having an affair with John Merrill.
     Liz Frances: Well, I wouldn't call it that. We were having sеx. Good old fashioned rumpy pumpy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:copulation

Derived terms

• rumpo

Translations

humorous or childish word for copulation — see also sex

• Greek: φίκι φίκι n (fíki fíki)
• Spanish: ñacañaca m