Meanings
plural poopsies · alternative poopsie
- A term of affection.
“Hey there poopsy, how are you doing?”
2006, KG Farrell, 411 Apple Tower Road, →ISBN5 more examples
A boy in pink trousers squeals, “Oh, Jerry! Come here and have a cuppa tea! You wanta little cuppa nosey, luv?” Jerry, who has on a red, white and blue jacket that’s a replica of the British flag, comes over and pats pink trousers on the cheek, and says, “You’re just a sweet little poopsy, that’s what you are."
1966 December, “Jim Brown: ‘Why I Quit Football’”, in Ebony, page 120Instead, owners tend to get all wound up in their little poopsy and their desire to make poopsy a parent. Chances are your dog has little or nothing to offer to the betterment of his or her breed, […]
1988, Job Michael Evans, The Evans Guide for Civilized City Canines, →ISBN, page 117For now I leave you with God and I look to the day when I will hold my poopsy again!
2001, Kate Schermerhorn, America’s Idea of a Good Time, Dewi Lewis Publishing, →ISBN, page 85Jack cocked his head at Bonnie, "Sorry, poopsy.[…]"
2009, Michael Hollister, Interface Race, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 248“What my Poopsy wants, my Poopsy gets,” she’d always cooed to him. The silly nickname makes sense now. Lazy, useless, pampered pooch.
2014, Karen Wiesner, Foolish Games (Family Heirlooms Series; 3), →ISBN, pages 31–32
Origin
Perhaps an alteration of popsy (“girl”) after tootsie, tootsy.
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poopsy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poopsy
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