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ecky thump

intj

Etymology

Introduced in "Kung Fu Kapers", a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. In the episode, "ecky thump" is a secret Lancastrian martial art using black puddings as a weapon.

Definitions

  1. Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.

    • In Lancashire the comical Ee, ecky thump! is to all intents and purposes extinct
    • […] its bellowing cry of Ecky thump! sounded much friendlier than […]
    • The Guardian, Sunday June 10 2007, Kitty Empire The latest Stripes album title, a play on the Lancastrian exclamation Ecky thump! is, in part, a gasp of surprise...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA