pumpking
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
A Perl user working on shared source code who has been temporarily designated as the only person who is allowed to make changes.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
In addition, various people are pumpkings for different areas. For example, Andy Dougherty and Jarkko Hietaniemi share the Configure pumpkin, and Tom Christiansen is the documentation pumpking.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
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Common questions
What does “pumpking” mean?
A Perl user working on shared source code who has been temporarily designated as the only person who is allowed to make changes.
Is “pumpking” formal or informal?
pumpking is generally slang.
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