Po-po
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 One's posterior, bottom, buttocks. US, informal
"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"
- 2 Alternative form of po po (“mother-in-law; grandmother”). alt-of, alternative
- 3 Genitals, especially the vulva. childish
"“Actually I prefer kids referring to their po-pos rather than their outer labias. Maybe I’m just old fashioned.”"
- 4 The police; a police officer. US, colloquial, derogatory, mildly
"Runnin’ from the po-po Runnin’ Just got my cash on Now I gotta get my dash on"
- 5 A prison officer, corrections officer, prison guard. broadly
Example
More examples"Yo, we'd better bounce, because the po-po be all up in here."
Etymology
From various words by shortening and reduplication. The "posterior" sense may be reduplication of the initial syllable of that word, with modification of the vowel according to its spelling. Compare German Popo (“bottom”) from Latin pōdex (“anus”). The "police" sense may come from either the initial syllable of police or the initial letters of the words police officer. Compare PO.
From Chinese; see po po.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.