rumpy-pumpy

English

Alternative forms

rumpie-pumpie

Etymology

From rump.[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹʌmpi pʌmpi/
Rhymes: -ʌmpi

Noun

rumpy-pumpy (uncountable)

(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)

References

Martin, Gary. The Phrase Finder: "Rumpy-pumpy".
Oxford Dictionaries. "rumpy pumpy". Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2014.

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