bumpsadaisy

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English

Etymology

Apparently related to bump and whoops-a-daisy.

Interjection

bumpsadaisy

  1. Used to accompany, or to apologise for, a bumping motion.
    • 1983, Lynne McTaggart, Kathleen Kennedy, Her Life and Times:
      The Big Apple had been introduced that year, and Kathleen and her friends loved forming the big circle and ending with a bumpsadaisy []
    • 1996, Sally Bedell Smith, Reflected Glory: The Life of Pamela Churchill Harriman:
      [] the wild gyrations of the "Big Apple," in which everyone formed a circle and ended with a "bumpsadaisy," and the Lambeth Walk, []
    • 1999, Michael Earley, Philippa Keil, Contemporary Scenes for Actors, Women:
      (MOTH on his way back with the drinks. Bumps into someone. Dolly bird.) / MOTH. Oops sorry love. Bumpsadaisy. You all right []