Umpty

Example: Say ump hundred, umpty-ump, umpteen or ump years ago, non-central character X unleashes the Dark Lord or steals the MacGuffin Device, only to be Horribly Killed immediately for their Terrible Folly, leaving aforesaid Dark Lord/MacGuffin Device loose in the world to create merry havoc. ❋ Hal Duncan (2009)

And $umpty-million in ads (and also the MSM) will be saying that all fall. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Surely the relatively poor sales of One Piece this market is already maxed out by umpty-seven volumes of Naruto? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I actually commented to my husband as we watched the guy patiently go back to the lake umpty-ump times for water "the only difference between now and a hundred years ago is that in the old days it probably would have been a burro going back and forth to the lake bringing water to put the fire out"! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Coming in November, the latest original anthology from me and my sometime-partner, Gardner Dozois (former editor of ASIMOV's and winner of umpty-ump Hugo Awards as our field's best editor): SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH. ❋ Grrm (2010)

So, unlike, say, baby's first year, which is documented in umpty bazillion articles, books, and websites, a stepparent is often left to puzzle out challenges and changes using intuition and best-guesses. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Like umpty-dump million other people, I'm on Facebook. ❋ Steve Perry (2010)

No, nawt a leeda; wuz a wolluf-cub umpty yeerz ago ! ❋ Unknown (2010)

I feel like Bertie Wooster--caput something something ferens umpty umpty Domino. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A decade ago, tracing a soldier would have taken months, umpty visits to the Federal Building, filling out endless paperwork, and a long, hard climb up the chain of command. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coming in November, the latest original anthology from me and my sometime-partner, Gardner Dozois former editor of ASIMOV's and winner of umpty-ump Hugo Awards as our field's best editor: SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH. ❋ Grrm (2010)

They were most chagrined when the umpty-zillion dollar sniffer promptly failed to detect anything. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reason number umpty-um that I'll be glad when 11/5 rolls around ❋ Eddvick (2008)

[Yo man] you got my [umpties]? I'm not [tryin' to] remember tonight! ❋ Ross Mofuckin' L (2006)

1. I been running in this heat for hours I probably have an Umpty. 2. Look at that sweaty obese unattractive [fat man] run I bet he is gonna have an Umpty that not even a [crowbar] will get [unstuck]. ❋ Russell J Amirault (2009)

He has umpty ump of those. ❋ Slipsheet (2004)