pick up stompies

verb

To join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.

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Meanings

verbpick up stompies (third-person singular simple present picks up stompies, present participle picking up stompies, simple past and past participle picked up stompies)

present singular third person picks up stompies · participle present picking up stompies · participle past picked up stompies · past picked up stompies

  1. South AfricaTo join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.

Origin

See stompie (“cigarette butt”), suggesting something that is over and done with.

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APA

pick up stompies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20stompies

MLA

“pick up stompies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20stompies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pick up stompies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pick%20up%20stompies.

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