Booty call (slang)
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- This article is about the term. For the 1997 film, see Booty Call.
Template:Unsourced A booty call is a telephone call, other communication, or visitation made with the sole intent of achieving sex with the person being contacted. Traditionally this phenomenon, especially the term booty call, is associated with a man calling the woman for a sexual encounter after having already established either a casual or more serious relationship involving sexual relations.
The phrase originated in a comedic routine by stand-up comedian Bill Bellamy in the early 1990s. Although it is a term most frequently used by African-Americans, it has been adapted into mainstream American society and is used by persons of either gender, and many ethnicities, to request sexual favors by calling an acquaintance, that may or may not be romantically linked to the caller. Booty calls can be used by one partner of an ended relationship to obtain sex from the ex-partner, due to lingering emotions and feelings of a need for continued physical connection, without feeling compelled to continue dating that person. This aforementioned phenomenon is also called "ex sex."
The term itself is more likely to be used by the person answering the call or others in his/her company than the person making the call. It is often derisive, but not always. For example, "Did John take off?", "Yeah, he had to answer a booty call."
Although traditionally the telephone is used for a booty call, the last ten years have seen the rise of IM/chat/e-mail/text message booty calling.