# pick up stompies

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.

## Etymology
See stompie (“cigarette butt”), suggesting something that is over and done with.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pick-up-stompies