Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booty call

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: booty -call
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.

Slang

noun

A sexual encounter arranged by telephone.

Slang

noun

The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.

Slang

noun

An encounter for the purposes of casual sex.

Slang

verb

To make a booty call.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"This is a booty call / My boot, my boot, your arsehole / This is a Freudian slip"
"You left me for another woman and now you're here on a booty call, that's what the matter is."
""My mom gets 2am booty calls. My mom is cooler than me.""
"You up? In most circles, that text would read like a very ineloquently crafted booty call, one that absolutely should not warrant a response."
"And it wouldn’t be the same / If you hit send again / If you booty call again tonight"

Etymology

Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam.

Usage

Inflected Forms

booty calls (plural) bootie call (alternative) booty-call (alternative) booty calls (present, singular) booty calling (participle, present) booty called (participle, past) booty called (past)

Phrases

foodie call

Questions

What does booty call mean?: A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.
Where does booty call come from?: Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam.

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