booty call

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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booty call (plural booty calls)

  1. (slang) A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.
  2. (slang) A sexual encounter arranged by telephone.
  3. (slang) The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.
  4. (slang) An encounter for the purposes of casual sex.
    • 2016, Helen Callaghan, Dear Amy, →ISBN, page 25:
      You left me for another woman and now you're here on a booty call, that's what the matter is.
    • 2018, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), 3717: Clinton's Mom Knows How To Party:
      "My mom gets 2am booty calls. My mom is cooler than me."
    • 2022, Kosoko Jackson, chapter 1, in A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Berkley, →ISBN, page 1:
      You up? In most circles, that text would read like a very ineloquently crafted booty call, one that absolutely should not warrant a response.

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Verb

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booty call (third-person singular simple present booty calls, present participle booty calling, simple past and past participle booty called)

  1. (transitive) To make a booty call.