ecky thump
intjEtymology Introduced in "Kung Fu Kapers", a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. In the episode, "ecky thump" is a secret Lancastrian martial art using black puddings as a weapon.
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Colloquial, Humorous Exclamation of surprise or pleasure, supposedly part of a Northern English dialect.
- In Lancashire the comical Ee, ecky thump! is to all intents and purposes extinct1981, Peter Wright, Cockney Dialect and Slang:
- […] its bellowing cry of Ecky thump! sounded much friendlier than […]1985, Keith Waterhouse, Waterhouse At Large.:
2 more examples
- The Guardian, Sunday June 10 2007, Kitty Empire The latest Stripes album title, a play on the Lancastrian exclamation Ecky thump! is, in part, a gasp of surprise...
- Ecky thump! I've never tasted anything as good.2001, Cyril Morris, Morgi, page 122: