po-po
/ˈpoʊˈpoʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Genitals, especially the vulva.
noun
noun
Alternative form of po po (“mother-in-law; grandmother”).
Example Sentences
- "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"
- "[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."
- "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.”"
- "“Actually I prefer kids referring to their po-pos rather than their outer labias. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.”"
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Colloquial
- Derogatory
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.