Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
it'll be pump city
English answer:
I will kick your ass!/I will hit you hard
Added to glossary by
lafresita (X)
Sep 23, 2004 14:12
19 yrs ago
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The phrase: pump city
Context: Two guys are sitting by the table and drinking coffee. One of them has a dirty cup so he keeps switching it when the other is not looking. So then, the other says:
Now you take back that cup you keep switching. Or it'll be pump city.
I thought of it will burst onto your face (or something like that) but that is probably not it. What does it mean and how to express it (in different words)?
Context: Two guys are sitting by the table and drinking coffee. One of them has a dirty cup so he keeps switching it when the other is not looking. So then, the other says:
Now you take back that cup you keep switching. Or it'll be pump city.
I thought of it will burst onto your face (or something like that) but that is probably not it. What does it mean and how to express it (in different words)?
Responses
| 4 -1 | Pump(s) = style of footwear |
Mathew Robinson
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| 5 +3 | See explanation |
yolanda Speece
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| 4 +2 | I will hit you |
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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| 4 | A pump action shot gun |
Orbital
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| 3 +1 | Perhaps... |
John Bowden
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Responses
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Pump(s) = style of footwear
Pumps are a style of footware, I remember these as a kid, they went out of fashion a long time ago but are seeing a revival. (Do a Google search on "pumps, footwear" and watch the hits roll in).
Adding "city" after a word implies somewhere there would be lots of that object. (e.g. pump city = a good kicking)
Adding "city" after a word implies somewhere there would be lots of that object. (e.g. pump city = a good kicking)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Actually, perhaps he or both of them were wearing this style of footwear! Very funny! Thanks to all!"
6 mins
A pump action shot gun
If the person has a weapon or is violent, you can be sure he means he will use a pump action shot gun on this person.
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11 mins
Perhaps...
it's a reference to "pumping smebody full of lead", i.e. shooting them - "city" can be used with almost anything to express an extreme degree of something - "If I were getting married in two days you know, puke city" - i.e it would make me sick - (allymcbeal.tktv.net/Episodes4/summaries/10.html - 33k) -
so perhaps the speaker means he'll (metaphorically) kill the other person if he doesn't stop switching the cups?(
so perhaps the speaker means he'll (metaphorically) kill the other person if he doesn't stop switching the cups?(
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michał Janowski
: I agree, although IMHO it doesn't necessarily have to involve guns -- it could easily be a therat referring to the use of bare fists.
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Certainly some sort of violence anyway! I
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yolanda Speece
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English
Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
See explanation
He is giving him an ultimatum.
Stop switching the cups or I'll kick your ass.
This is another option. I don't know the level or whom you are addressing but this is a possibility.
Stop switching the cups or I'll kick your ass.
This is another option. I don't know the level or whom you are addressing but this is a possibility.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Orla Ryan
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| agree |
Ernesto de Lara
: yes!
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| agree |
Cristina Hritcu (X)
355 days
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8 mins
María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
I will hit you
What I understand is that, if the first guy keeps giving the second guy the dirty cup, this second guy will punch the first one in the face.
It's a threat, something along the lines of "I'll hit you/break your face/whatever".
Hope that helps.
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-09-23 14:23:50 GMT)
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\"to pump\" meaning \"to hit\" [by way of muscles developed by \"pumping iron\"]. I\'m almost sure that\'s the sense...
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Note added at 13 mins (2004-09-23 14:25:30 GMT)
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It could also mean kill, of course, as the other two answers.
The degree of the threat depends on the context: the relationship between the two guys, etc...
Is this a movie? a game? who are the characters?
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Note added at 16 mins (2004-09-23 14:28:57 GMT)
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This, of course, has the same meaning as \"to punch\".
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Note added at 23 hrs 32 mins (2004-09-24 13:44:42 GMT)
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Hi! I just thought of another thing:
The reference to \"city\", as John pointed out, it\'s used with another thing (usually a noun) to express an extreme degree of something. And this is similar to appending \"-ville\" to the end of another word, as in:
Talking about a couple who just broke up --> \"They are splitsville.\"
CNN.com - It\'s splitsville for Barbie and Ken - Feb. 12, 2004
... US. Offbeat News. It\'s splitsville for Barbie and Ken. Couple \'will remain friends,\'
says Mattel. Barbie stands alone in a Los Angeles, California, store. ...
www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/offbeat.barbie.breakup.ap/ - 39k - 22 Sep 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Even Webster points this out:
http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cit...
city:
4 slang -- used with a preceding adjective or noun naming an abundant or quintessential feature or quality <the movie was shoot-out city>
http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vil...
ville:
: place, category, or quality of a specified nature <dullsville>
Hope that clarifies it further for you ;-)
It's a threat, something along the lines of "I'll hit you/break your face/whatever".
Hope that helps.
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Note added at 11 mins (2004-09-23 14:23:50 GMT)
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\"to pump\" meaning \"to hit\" [by way of muscles developed by \"pumping iron\"]. I\'m almost sure that\'s the sense...
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Note added at 13 mins (2004-09-23 14:25:30 GMT)
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It could also mean kill, of course, as the other two answers.
The degree of the threat depends on the context: the relationship between the two guys, etc...
Is this a movie? a game? who are the characters?
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Note added at 16 mins (2004-09-23 14:28:57 GMT)
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This, of course, has the same meaning as \"to punch\".
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Note added at 23 hrs 32 mins (2004-09-24 13:44:42 GMT)
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Hi! I just thought of another thing:
The reference to \"city\", as John pointed out, it\'s used with another thing (usually a noun) to express an extreme degree of something. And this is similar to appending \"-ville\" to the end of another word, as in:
Talking about a couple who just broke up --> \"They are splitsville.\"
CNN.com - It\'s splitsville for Barbie and Ken - Feb. 12, 2004
... US. Offbeat News. It\'s splitsville for Barbie and Ken. Couple \'will remain friends,\'
says Mattel. Barbie stands alone in a Los Angeles, California, store. ...
www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/12/offbeat.barbie.breakup.ap/ - 39k - 22 Sep 2004 - Cached - Similar pages
Even Webster points this out:
http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cit...
city:
4 slang -- used with a preceding adjective or noun naming an abundant or quintessential feature or quality <the movie was shoot-out city>
http://webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=vil...
ville:
: place, category, or quality of a specified nature <dullsville>
Hope that clarifies it further for you ;-)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
George Rabel
: yes..no firearms involved at all..to "pump" someone can mean to punch them repeatedly in the face
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Merci beaucoup... but I promise I won't pump you if you disagree with me.
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John Bowden
: It's some sort of violence - maybe it doesn't need specifying too precisely!
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Thanks! The way I see it, it's a beating, with what? I don't know... could be the guy's fists, could be a kicking, could be he'll hit him with the same cup (assuming it's porcelain or something hard).
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