po-po

plural po-pos · alternative popo

1. USinformalOne's posterior, bottom, buttocks.First known use 1950s

   Feet up, pat him on the po-po Let’s hear him laugh Ain’t seen a babe like this before He’s so good-lookin’, gonna have some more Feet up, pat him on the po-po

   1952, Bob Merrill, “Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)”

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   [He] gets jelly on his head, jelly on his po-po, jelly on his.... well, you know what rhymes with jelly. If your Junior starts singing this in public he’ll show you up.

   1953, Gramophone Record Review, page 564

   He once asked me how a particular customer was doing, sometime after I had executed a sale. […] Then he added, so as not to appear to be admonishing me, “Go and give them a pat on the po-po and see what is going on.”

   2014, Michael Hotchkiss, Preparation Breeds Success, page 61

   Synonyms: 'tocks, arse, arse cheeks, ass, ass cheeks, back, backside, batty

2. childishGenitals, especially the vulva.

   “Actually I prefer kids referring to their po-pos rather than their outer labias. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.”

   1962, Phillip Roth, Letting Go, page 269

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   On one Monday morning, one of the two children, Becky, complained about irritation around her “po-po.” […] This child indicated that Daddy had touched her there and she cried when he pushed on her sore spot.

   1991, Kevin McGovern, “Was there really child sexual abuse or is there another explanation?”, in Michael Robin, editor, Assessing Child Maltreatment Reports: The Problem of False Allegations, page 123

   By contrast, a North Carolina court upheld the conviction of a father after a four-year-old, who had told relatives and authorities that her father had put his “ding dong” into her “po po,” pointed to a doll vagina and a doll penis and used the same terms to describe the alleged event.

   1992, Richard Green, Sexual Science and the Law, page 163

   “If you tell anyone what happens in this house, HRS will take you away. Do you understand? They’ll put you with people that will hurt your po-po.” I broke out in a sweat. Po-po was Mom’s word for between my legs.

   2011, Tara Overzat, Reverse Psychology, pages 8-9

3. UScolloquialderogatorymildlyThe police; a police officer.First known use 1990s

   Yo, po-po, man. Shut it down.

   2006 September 10, David Simon & al., “Boys of Summer” (00:23:44 from the start), in The Wire, season 4, episode 1

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   Runnin’ from the po-po Runnin’ Just got my cash on Now I gotta get my dash on

   1997, Rik ‘G’, “Runnin’ From the Po Po” (0:23 from the start), in Rik ‘G’, Oakland, CA: Del Paso Heights

   The cops had busted us for selling hot designer bags up on Utica Avenue for some cat who figured we was too young to get knocked if we got caught, but two fat white po-pos said fuck how young we was, and threw us in a cell for damn near three days until they could contact Noojie to come get us out.

   2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 134

   “Shit,” Brian breathed. “Who called the po-po?”

   2012, Liz Talley, Under the Autumn Sky, page 151

4. broadlyA prison officer, corrections officer, prison guard.

plural po-pos

1. alternativeAlternative form of po po (“mother-in-law; grandmother”).