I began to wonder about a phrase I had heard all my life: gump stump. Of course, I was more curious about its origin. I looked it up, but am still no closer to the origin. If anyone should know the origin, please contact me. But, here is the meaning of gump stump:
gump stump (English)
Alternative forms
Noun
gump stump (pl. gump stumps)
1. (US, slang, vulgar) The anus.
• 1996, Philip Caputo, Equation for Evil, HarperCollins (1996), ISBN 9780060183608, pages 85-86:
• “Finding them won’t be a problem. There’s employment records, driver’s license records, Social Security records, records up the gump-stump. […]
• 1999, Carolyn Davidson, The Tender Stranger, Harlequin (1999), ISBN 9781459250710, unnumbered page:
• “Are you hungry? We’ve got eggs up the gump stump, honey. I thought we could scramble up a panful for breakfast.”
• 2003, P. T. Deutermann, The Firefly, St. Martin’s Press (2004), ISBN 9781429903608, page 360:
• “Yeah, that’s what worries me. You weren’t exactly famous for being wrong all that much. Pain in the gump stump, yes, but wrong? Not often. […]
Synonyms
• See also anus.
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Citations: gump stump: …there, Livia said it a lot: “I know these oldtimers, been at it a long time, experience up the gump-stump. 1996, Philip Caputo, Equation for Evil, HarperCollins (1996), ISBN 9780060183608…
gump stump: see also gump-stump gump stump (English) Alternative forms gump-stump Noun gump stump (pl. gump stumps) (US, slang, vulgar) The anus. 1996, Philip Caputo, Equation for…
gump stumps: see also gump-stumps gump stumps (English) Noun gump stumps Plural of gump stump
gump-stumps: see also gump stumps gump-stumps (English) Noun gump-stumps Plural of gump-stump