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popo

popo is the alternative spelling of po-po.

Meaning of po-po

Noun

po-po (plural po-pos or po-po)

  1. (US, informal) One's posterior, bottom, buttocks.
    • 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-po1952, Bob Merrill, “Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)”
  2. (childish) Genitals, 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
  3. (US, colloquial, derogatory, mildly) The police; a police officer.
    • Runnin’ from the po-po
      Runnin’
      Just got my cash on
      Now I gotta get my dash on1997, Rik ‘G’, “Runnin’ From the Po Po” (0:23 from the start), in Rik ‘G’, Oakland, CA: Del Paso Heights
  4. (broadly) A prison officer, corrections officer, prison guard.

Forms of popo

pluralpopos
pluralpopo

Phrases with popo

Questions about popo

What is popo the alternative spelling of?
Popo is the alternative spelling of po-po.

Words near popo in the dictionary

  1. poplits
  2. poplollies
  3. poplolly
  4. popmaize
  5. popmobility
  6. popo
  7. Popoca
  8. Popocas
  9. Popocatepetl
  10. Popocatépetl
  11. popodam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: popo (page history and authors); po-po (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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