po-po
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊˈpoʊ/
Forms: form: po-pos
form: po-po
form: popo
Etymology: From various words by shortening and reduplication.
The "posterior" sense may be reduplication of the initial syllable of that word, with modification of the vowel according to its spelling. Compare German Popo (“bottom”) from Latin pōdex (“anus”).
The "police" sense may come from either the initial syllable of police or the initial letters of the words police officer. Compare PO.
Senses: examples: text: Feet up, pat him on the po-po
Let’s hear him laugh
Ain’t seen a babe like this before
He’s so good-lookin’, gonna have some more
Feet up, pat him on the po-po
ref: 1952, Bob Merrill, “Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)”:
text: [He] gets jelly on his head, jelly on his po-po, jelly on his.... well, you know what rhymes with jelly. If your Junior starts singing this in public he’ll show you up.
ref: 1953, Gramophone Record Review, page 564:
text: He once asked me how a particular customer was doing, sometime after I had executed a sale. […] Then he added, so as not to appear to be admonishing me, “Go and give them a pat on the po-po and see what is going on.”
ref: 2014, Michael Hotchkiss, Preparation Breeds Success, page 61:
synonyms: word: 'tocks
word: arse
word: arse cheeks
word: ass
word: ass cheeks
word: back
word: backside
word: batty
word: behind
word: blessed assurance
word: booty
word: botty
word: bottom
word: bum
word: bum cheeks
word: buns
word: butt
word: butt cheeks
word: buttocks
word: caboose
word: cheeks
word: derriere
word: fanny
word: fourth point of contact
word: gluteus maximus
word: glutes
word: gooseberry-grinder
word: gyatt
raw_tags: used jokingly by generation alpha preteens
word: heinie
word: hiney
word: hinderlin
word: hurdies
word: jacksie
word: keester
word: keister
word: moon
word: moneymaker
word: nates
word: nether cheeks
word: patootie
word: peach
word: posterior
word: rear
word: rear end
word: rump
word: seat
word: sit upon
word: tail
word: toches
word: tush
word: tushie
glosses: One's posterior, bottom, buttocks.
examples: text: “Actually I prefer kids referring to their po-pos rather than their outer labias. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.”
ref: 1962, Phillip Roth, Letting Go, page 269:
text: On one Monday morning, one of the two children, Becky, complained about irritation around her “po-po.” […] This child indicated that Daddy had touched her there and she cried when he pushed on her sore spot.
ref: 1991, Kevin McGovern, “Was there really child sexual abuse or is there another explanation?”, in Michael Robin, editor, Assessing Child Maltreatment Reports: The Problem of False Allegations, page 123:
text: By contrast, a North Carolina court upheld the conviction of a father after a four-year-old, who had told relatives and authorities that her father had put his “ding dong” into her “po po,” pointed to a doll vagina and a doll penis and used the same terms to describe the alleged event.
ref: 1992, Richard Green, Sexual Science and the Law, page 163:
text: “If you tell anyone what happens in this house, HRS will take you away. Do you understand? They’ll put you with people that will hurt your po-po.”
I broke out in a sweat. Po-po was Mom’s word for between my legs.
ref: 2011, Tara Overzat, Reverse Psychology, pages 8-9:
glosses: Genitals, especially the vulva.
examples: text: Runnin’ from the po-po
Runnin’
Just got my cash on
Now I gotta get my dash on
ref: 1997, Rik ‘G’, “Runnin’ From the Po Po” (0:23 from the start), in Rik ‘G’, Oakland, CA: Del Paso Heights:
text: Yo, po-po, man. Shut it down.
ref: 2006 September 10, David Simon & al., “Boys of Summer” (00:23:44 from the start), in The Wire, season 4, episode 1:
text: The cops had busted us for selling hot designer bags up on Utica Avenue for some cat who figured we was too young to get knocked if we got caught, but two fat white po-pos said fuck how young we was, and threw us in a cell for damn near three days until they could contact Noojie to come get us out.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 134:
text: “Shit,” Brian breathed. “Who called the po-po?”
ref: 2012, Liz Talley, Under the Autumn Sky, page 151:
glosses: The police; a police officer.
glosses: A prison officer, corrections officer, prison guard.