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plompy

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈplɒm.pi/
  • General-American: /ˈplɑm.pi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒmpi

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of an animal, adorably chubby, fat, plump; chonk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, humorous, informal, often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ample, beer-bellied, big, bulky, chubby, chunky, embonpoint, fat, flabby, fleshy, full-figured, fulsome, gorbellied, gorrel-bellied, heavy, heavyset, love-handled, meaty, overnourished, paunchy, pleasantly plump, plump, plus-size, portly, potbellied, podgy, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, Rubenesque, sonsy, swagbellied, thick, tubby, well-covered, well-padded, well-rounded, well-upholstered, wide

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, endearing, humorous, neologism

Qualifier: typically furry fandom

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of plumpy (“plump; chubby, fat”), likely by analogy with chonky (“adorably fat”).

Uncertain. Possibly inspired by floppa (“caracal”), and associated with DoggoLingo. The name was popularised by, and perhaps originated in, a meme video posted around February 2021 consisting of four panels, one of which shows a person holding and rotating a bat-eared fox beside a static image of American actor and professional wrestler John Cena with a speech bubble stating "Rotate the plompy".