bump uglies

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bump uglies (third-person singular simple present bumps uglies, present participle bumping uglies, simple past and past participle bumped uglies)

1. (vulgar, slang) To perform sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: bump nasties, do the nasty; see also Thesaurus:copulate

   • 1961, Edward Albee, The American Dream: a play, New York: Coward, McGann and Geoghegan, page 23:

     I have a right to live off of you because I married you, and because I used to let you get on top of me and bump your uglies

   • 1984 September 27, Serena, “L.A. Dee Da: On The Streets”, in L.A. Weekly‎, Los Angeles, page 46:

     [T]he lead singer found his girlfriend bumping uglies in the dark with the roadie. But then said singer was with a blonde floozie himself—see what being on an L.A. trash-band bill can do to ya?

   • 1997, Peter J. Crisanto-Croox, Trukness: Based on the Real Life Adventures and Times of One of the Many Gregory John Nolascos‎, page 113:

     Mongo never asked anybody their sexual identity unless he was hooking for a quick fuck. He'd say, "Hey Baby, do you like men? Let's oil up and bump uglies."

   • 2013, Fede Álvarez, Rodo Sayagues, 9:52, in Evil Dead:

     Some teenagers probably just broke in here to drink beer and bump uglies.

   • 2019 September 5, Oliver Balch, quoting Niko Vorobyov, “It takes a former drug dealer to explain the global narcotics scene”, in The Spectator‎:

     The gonzo slang may grate after a while, but it has the compelling benefit of ringing true. This Tinder date, for instance: ‘Although we never bumped uglies, we bonded over our love of doggo memes and cocaine.’ It’s not pretty, but it works.

• “bump uglies v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present