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clunge

  • /klʌnd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ʌndʒ

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A nonsense word in a rant by McBlane (actor Joseph Brady) in the third series of The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin as "ap yer clunge!" ("up your clunge"). Probably invented by writer David Nobbs to mean "arse".

Popularised by British television series The Inbetweeners (from 2008).

noun clunges

  1. Internet, UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Vulva or vagina. For quotations using this term, see Citations:clunge.
  2. Internet, UK, countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Arse.

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MLA

"clunge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clunge. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

clunge. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clunge

Chicago

"clunge." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clunge.

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@misc{clunge_2026,
  title = {clunge},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clunge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}