pumpking /ˈpʌm(p)kɪŋ/ noun1 •(slang) A Perl user working on shared source code who has been temporarily designated as the only person who is allowed to make changes.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. — 1999 formspumpkings