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English
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Etymology
Coined early 1990s, attributed to Bill Bellamy on Def Comedy Jam.
Pronunciation
Noun
booty call (plural booty calls)
- (informal, slang) A telephone call made to request a sexual encounter.
- (informal, slang) A sexual encounter arranged by telephone.
- (informal, slang) The recipient of a telephone call requesting a sexual encounter.
- (informal, 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.
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.
Translations
telephone call
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- Finnish: vonkauspuhelu
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sexual encounter arranged by telephone
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- Finnish: pano (fi), seksitreffit pl
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recipient of a telephone call
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- Finnish: panokaveri
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encounter for the purposes of casual sex
Verb
booty call (third-person singular simple present booty calls, present participle booty calling, simple past and past participle booty called)
- (transitive) To make a booty call.