Bumpering

Grabing on to the bumper of a stopped car and then haveing them pull you along as they go. This is done only when the streets are ice or snow covered so that the bumperer can just slide along as the car goes.

It was snowing outside so my friend and I went bumpering.

by sfcjking March 13, 2011

Bumpering

The act of coming up close behind another driver whether one is in a hurry or just trying to be irritating.

That truck is bumpering me! They keep coming up right behind me too close and it makes me angry!

by Rikijon January 4, 2015

Buttering the cat

This term began to appear after the December 2021 viral Reddit post "AITA for “perpetuating ethnic stereotypes” about Jorts?" on r/AmITheAsshole by u/ThrowawayOrangeCat about a conflict involving two cats at their workplace. The cats are named Jean and Jorts, and to cut a long story short, a human colleague named Pam had been spreading margarine on Jorts to encourage him to groom himself. (Presumably he would like the taste and spend more time licking it off.) It's unclear whether Jorts responded to this, because Jean began to lick his fur -- this upset her digestive system. Pam was asked to stop applying margarine to Jorts. Readers shared the post to social media, and people began posting memes and jokes about the situation.

Later that month, #DisabilityTwitter used the situation as an analogy, to address whether a particular accommodation is useful. (Implied: even if it's well-intentioned, if it's not helpful to the person with needs, it wastes time and may actually have negative impacts. Just like applying margarine to Jorts.)

"Are you helping, or are you just buttering the cat?" (from #DisabilityTwitter)

A person may want to help resolve a difficult situation, but realizes that they lack the necessary skills and would just make things worse: "I'd love to help, but at this point I suspect I'd just be buttering the cat ..."

by TapirTrouble December 21, 2021

bumping purses

When two homosexual males want to have butt sex, but can not because they are both bottoms.

Lance and Ethan wanted to fool around, but they'd just be bumping purses.

by black winter October 14, 2009

Coochie bumping

When two lesbians rub their clits together to bring themselves to orgasm

I’m totally coochie bumping with lia tonight

by Chef Navi June 30, 2018

Sad Bumping

When you're getting bummed and aren't happy about it

Adam - i'll bring the KY Jelly!
Austin - I'll bring the giggles
Adam - no one likes a Sad Bumping

by Free Star November 25, 2016

Bumping the lamp

To go above and beyond expectations when completing a given task/project.
A genericized phrase originally used within the animation industry and the film industry as a whole. Based on a scene from the 1988 mixed live-action/animated film 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' in which the main live-action character, Eddie Valiant, bumps into a ceiling lamp whilst handcuffed to the main animated character, Roger Rabbit, causing the lamp to continually swing back and forth throughout the remainder of the scene.
The term refers to how the animators went on to meticulously hand-draw unique shadows for the animated character for every frame of the scene.
The phrase went on to become a company mythos for the Walt Disney Company, then as a guiding principle within the greater film industry, and now sees use generally.

We follow the mythos of 'bumping the lamp' with the service at our veterinary practice.

by BronzeManul June 11, 2019