pum-pum

English

Alternative forms

• poom-poom, pom-pom

Etymology

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Noun

pum-pum (plural pum-pums)

1. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaica, anatomy) The vulva.
   • 2008, “Pum-Pum”, in Repentance‎^[1], performed by Lee "Scratch" Perry:

     Go to a nightclub / To have some fun / Looking at pum-pum / Pum-pum come, pum-pum goes, it's alright

   • 2013, Anthony C. Winkler, Dog War, page 74:

     […] she dismissed these queasy impressions as part of her dream and tried to roll over, when she felt a clammy hand flutter down atop her pum-pum and brush it ecstatically […]

Derived terms

• pum-pum shorts

Further reading

• Jonathon Green (2024) “pum-pum n.²”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Jamaican Creole

Noun

pum-pum (plural pum-pum dem, quantified pum-pum)

1. alternative spelling of pum pum