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booty call

American  

noun

Slang.
  1. a phone call, text message, email, etc., whose purpose is to arrange a meeting to have casual sex.

  2. a meeting to have casual sex, initiated by a phone call, text message, etc.

  3. a person who is invited to have casual sex by a phone call, text message, etc.


booty call British  

noun

  1. slang a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of booty call

First recorded in 1990-95; booty 2 + call

Example Sentences

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From Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’s booty call Person to Person to Carly Rae Jepson’s uber-hit Call Me Maybe and beyond, whispering sweet nothings into the mouthpiece an essential element of pop’s romantic currency.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2015

On Cry a While, Dylan actually uses the phrase "booty call"; on Po' Boy, he tells a knock-knock joke.

From Time Magazine Archive

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