# pompitus of love

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 30, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798 "2011-12-30T04:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![edslides](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47c2d/32.png) [@edslides](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edslides)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798/1 "2011-12-30T04:24:55Z")

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dont know which song came first, but i remember a song by the guess who called “clap for the wolfman”.  
this song is “narrated” by the late great wolfman jack.  
in the song, jack says “thats the wolfmans pompitus of love”  
yet i still dont know what it means.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798/2 "2011-12-30T04:29:14Z")

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I’m guessing this is about [this column.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/972/in-steve-millers-the-joker-what-is-the-pompatus-of-love)

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**Author:** ![Theophane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Theophane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Theophane)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798/3 "2011-12-30T04:30:58Z")

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> [@edslides](#):
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> dont know which song came first, but i remember a song by the guess who called “clap for the wolfman”.  
> this song is “narrated” by the late great wolfman jack.  
> in the song, jack says “thats the wolfmans pompitus of love”  
> yet i still dont know what it means.

In that context, sounds like “pompitus of love” could be something dirty. 😃

I love that song, btw.

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**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pompitus-of-love/607798/4 "2011-12-30T05:20:33Z")

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As explained in the original column, Steve Miller used the word “pompitus” in the song _Enter Maurice_ on his 1972 album **Recall the Beginning: A Journey From Eden**. He reiterated the phrase in _The Joker_ in 1973. _Clap For the Wolfman_ did not chart until the second half of 1974.