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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:33 PM
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Is it "Butt Naked" or "Buck Naked"?
I corrected a bar tender and she sort of gave me the Dick Cheney scowl. Which is correct, acceptable or preferred?

She was making small talk about "with all this snow...jump from a sauna into the powder butt naked..."
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:34 PM
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1. Buck
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:38 PM
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6. Buck
Being write doesn't necessarily precede gratitude.

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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:34 PM
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2. buck naked, buck naked, buck naked.
nt
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rooboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:34 PM
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3. I understand it to be "butt naked"...
I believe it was George Costanza who decided to name his porn star character "Buck Naked".
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Mass_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:36 PM
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4. BUCK NAKED
buck sounds cooler. Buck naked! Nice ring to it.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:36 PM
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5. Is it "crank call" or "prank call"?
n/t
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:38 PM
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7. just so it wasn't nekid...that involves fornication!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:41 PM
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8. "i`d like to order a butt"
Edited on Fri Feb-06-04 08:45 PM by rchsod
" i`m in the drive up ,dumb ass" couldn`t resist ,when i read butt...
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:44 PM
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9. EYES are on Buck Naked
I almost apologized (I did tip well) but feel vindicated that BUCK has it.
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Nicholas_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:46 PM
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10. Both are perhaps correct:
Edited on Fri Feb-06-04 08:47 PM by Nicholas_J
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

buck-naked

SYLLABICATION: buck-na·ked
PRONUNCIATION: bknkd
ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: Chiefly Southern U.S. Bare-naked.
ETYMOLOGY: buck- (perhaps alteration of butt4) + naked.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/77/B0527700.html

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

bare-naked

SYLLABICATION: bare-na·ked
PRONUNCIATION: bârnkd, -nkd
ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: Chiefly Northern U.S. With no clothes on.
REGIONAL NOTE: The chiefly Northern U.S. expression bare-naked illustrates the linguistic process of redundancy, not always acceptable in Standard English but productive in regional dialect speech. A redundant expression combines two words that mean the same thing, thereby intensifying the effect. The expression buck-naked, used chiefly in the South Atlantic and Gulf states, is not as clear as bare-naked with respect to its origin; buck is possibly an alteration of butt, “buttocks.” If so, bum-naked, heard in various parts of the country, and bare-ass(ed), attested especially in the Northeastern U.S., represent the same idea.

http://www.bartleby.com/61/62/B0076200.html
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:54 PM
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14. Thanks
More the merrier...I hadn't thought of the connections. I always thought it was "buck" as in a prized buck (deer) skinned.
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:46 PM
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11. actually, it's "buck henry"
thanks for playing!
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:47 PM
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12. No, It's Buck Naykidd
Porno Attorney at Law
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:47 PM
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13. I've heard both
so either one would probably be acceptable
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:57 PM
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15. And you corrected her?
<sigh> i'da just gone with the imagery.

Butt naked.
Buck nekkid.

your choice,
depends on the context.

dp

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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 08:59 PM
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16. Let's go for something new:
Ass Nude

Doe Unclothed
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thebaghwan Donating Member (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 09:04 PM
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17. OK, either is correct and acceptable
n/t
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jean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 10:34 PM
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18. buck
but lots of younger people say butt. As long as naked is in there I guess we get the gist. (is that with a g or a j?)
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 10:35 PM
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19. buck
.
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 10:41 PM
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20. used ot be "buck"
but hip hoppers everywhere know "butt" is now preferred
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 11:01 PM
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21. regional/generational differences?
Hey, it could be that BOTH are right.

Growing up (Ontario, Canada, in the 1970s and 80s) -- I heard people saying "buck-naked".

But out here on the West Coast, "butt-naked" seems to be a lot more popular.

Anybody else notice any geographical differences?
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-04 11:11 PM
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22. buck
Take it from a semi-southerner who knows this term.
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