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pompatus 

In 1954, Vernon Green of the Medallions wrote a song called "The Letter" in which he used the words "puppetutes of love", a combination of "puppets" and "prostitutes". A puppetute was a woman of your fantasies who would do anything you wanted. Steve Miller, who sometimes imported words from other songs (including his own) into his lyrics, misheard the word as "pompitous" or "pompatus" and added "pompitous of love" and "pompatus of love" to his songs, "Enter Maurice" and "The Joker", respectively. The words were later used as a title to a movie, "The Pompatus of Love". "Enter Maurice" also uses the words "sweet words of epismetology" (close to an actual dictionary word, epistomology), which was probably a misheard version of another Green-invented word, "pizmotality", words so secret they can only be revealed to a lover.
"My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology in your ear and speak to you of the pompatus (pompitous) of love" (from "Enter Maurice", by Steve Miller)
pompatus by JohnJablong June 11, 2006
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pompatus 

my fantasy lover, my everything

From the Medallions 1954 song "The Letter" and the Steve Miller 1973 song "The joker"

Also spelled puppetutes
I speak of the pompatus of love
pompatus by mandingo August 21, 2003
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Pompatus 

I sing of the pompatus of love.
Pompatus by Actor Mikesutton August 29, 2022

pompetus 

Noun.

1. A duality of inference suggested by the perception of third party observers of a relationship as it abuts the perspective of those directly involved. E.g. its usage in the Steve Miller Band song entitled "The Joker"

2. A thick milky or yellowed discharge from the penis during coitus in those with severe gonorrhea. May dry and crust in the pubis post coitus, see cock nugget
1. Phill: "Mark, I feel that your relationship with Stacy is unhealthy. I strongly urge you to treat her better.

Mark: "Yall don't know me!!"


2. "Hey honey, did you cum yet, or is that just a little bit of pompetus?"
pompetus by Josh Hart February 8, 2009