The word "pompatus" is used in the lyrics of Steve Miller's 1973 pop-music song "The Joker":
- Some people call me the space cowboy.
- Yeah! Some call me the gangster of love.
- Some people call me Maurice,
- Cause I speak of the Pompatus of love.
- My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice
- so I can whisper sweet words of epismetology
- in your ear and speak to you of the pompitous of love.
- Oh my darling, let me whisper
- sweet words of pizmotality
- and discuss the puppetutes of love.
ALSO USED BY SOUTH PARK. Death is following the kids on a tricycle. Grandpa: Come back here you pompatus son of a pansy! Kids: Ahhh! ...