2006-12-07 03:52:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Its a three-ringed, manually operated, rotating device
2006-12-07 07:49:23 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sorry for the long diatribe, but here it is:
The word pompatus (also spelled pompitous, IPA: ['pampətus]) is used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1973 pop-music song "The Joker":
Some people call me the space cowboy.
Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love.
Some people call me Maurice,
'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love.
The words "space cowboy" and "gangster of love" are both references to previous Miller songs. The "pompatus" line is also a reference to an earlier song of his, "Enter Maurice," which was recorded the previous year:
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 of love.
Although Miller claims he invented the word, all of his song-writing shows strong rhythm and blues influences, and a 1954 song called "The Letter" by the Medallions had the lines:
Oh my darling, let me whisper
sweet words of pizmotality
and discuss the puppetutes of love.
The song was composed by Vernon Green as a description of his dream woman. "Pizmotality described words of such secrecy that they could only be spoken to the one you loved," Green explained. He coined the term puppetutes "to mean a secret paper-doll fantasy figure who would be my everything and bear my children."
2006-12-07 04:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Rotten Johnny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's that very special time, when two people have nothing on save the grins on their faces. One says "you call the Thai place and get us something to eat; and I'll take a quick shower before round #3, okay?" and the other just nods happily.
2016-05-23 03:43:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's toooooooo complicated to explain! Try the links below. From what I read, it's a nonsense word with no meaning that was put in the lyrics because it sounded good!
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_065.html
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Pompatus
2006-12-07 03:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by *~*Heather*~* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're the cutest thing I ever did see ...
Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree ...
2006-12-07 04:00:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pure freaking genius...that's what... :)
i think it is like the "essence" of love...?
2006-12-07 04:00:18 · answer #6 · answered by thisisawasteoftime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something we 'speak' of....
ha ha
2006-12-07 03:59:06 · answer #7 · answered by PrincessPlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋