booty call en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam.
Meanings
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(slang) A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.
This is a booty call / My boot, my boot, your arsehole / This is a Freudian slip
2009, “The Fun Powder Plot”, in Two Dancers, performed by Wild Beasts:
- (slang) A sexual encounter arranged by telephone.
- (slang) The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.
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(slang) An encounter for the purposes of casual sex.
"My mom gets 2am booty calls. My mom is cooler than me."
2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3717: Clinton's Mom Knows How To Party:You left me for another woman and now you're here on a booty call, that's what the matter is.
2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 25:You up? In most circles, that text would read like a very ineloquently crafted booty call, one that absolutely should not warrant a response.
2022, Kosoko Jackson, chapter 1, in A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Berkley, →ISBN, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| booty calls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| bootie call | alternative | lexicographic | |
| booty-call | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (20)
nl scharrel (recipient of a telephone call) · sh poziv na seks (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · fi seksitreffit (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · de Sextreffen (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · cmn 約炮 /约炮 (sexual encounter arranged by telephone) · nl bootycall (recipient of a telephone call) · nl seksafspraakje (sexual encounter arranged by telephone) · fi vonkauspuhelu (telephone call) · fi panokaveri (recipient of a telephone call) · nl seksdate (sexual encounter arranged by telephone) · cmn 約炮 /约炮 (telephone call) · nl seksafspraakje (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · cmn 約炮 /约炮 (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · nl seksdate (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · fi pano (encounter for the purposes of casual sex) · fi pano (sexual encounter arranged by telephone) · fi seksitreffit (sexual encounter arranged by telephone) · cmn 約炮 /约炮 (recipient of a telephone call) · nl bootycall (telephone call) · nl vluggertje (encounter for the purposes of casual sex)