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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just make it an acronym, P.O.

Maybe double up to make it sound cute

popo

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Popo is a word used in German to describe a butt

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

In Portuguese, the suffix "zão" is colloquially used to represent an augmentative form. "Popozão", in Brazil, means exactly what you're thinking of.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is it pronounced poopoo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, more like poh poh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'd say it's more like "Poppo". The English popo for police would be "poh poh", I think.