popsyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

語源 1

From pop +‎ -sy (hypocoristic suffix), compare pops.

名詞

popsy (複数形 popsies)

1. (informal) Grandfather.
2. (informal) Father.
   • 2013, Eric Bishop-Potter, Dear Popsy: Collected postcards of a private schoolboy to his father, Troubador Publishing, page 51,

     Dear Popsy,

     I need your help. Mother writes that if I don't return the leg immediately she will come to the school and take it by force. You must stop her, Popsy.

語源 2

From poppet?

名詞

popsy (複数形 popsies)

1. (UK, slang, dated) A girl.
   • 1943, H. E. Bates, There's Something in the Air:

     Pilots are often interested in nothing but popsies, kites, and beer.

アナグラム

• Yopps, psyop, soppy