# Buck or Butt Naked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515 "2012-05-10T16:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/1 "2012-05-10T16:11:28Z")
Which do you say, when you say? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/2 "2012-05-10T16:21:35Z")
For many years I was pretty sure that “buck” war correct, then started to have doubts. Was I hearing “buck” or “butt”. Now it seems that “butt” is more common, though “buck” is still acceptable. In my own family, when nakedness needed to be expressed only moreso “stark” was used most often. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/3 "2012-05-10T16:25:36Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > For many years I was pretty sure that “buck” war correct, then started to have doubts. Was I hearing “buck” or “butt”. Now it seems that “butt” is more common, though “buck” is still acceptable. > > In my own family, when nakedness needed to be expressed only moreso “stark” was used most often. Yes. And “as a jaybird” to intensify also works. Lewis Grizzard had a good distinction between “Nay-ked” and “Nekkid” that I’ll try to find on YouTube. Meanwhile does anybody else remember it? ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/4 "2012-05-10T16:29:33Z")
Buck naked. Butt-ass naked. Both are part of my vocabulary. Butt naked? Not so much. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/5 "2012-05-10T16:30:46Z")
I am fairly sure it was originally _buck_ but has got corrupted to _butt_ by people who don’t know better. _Butt_ to mean behind is pretty much a purely American thing anyway, I think. British people say _bum_. \* Buck naked\* is probably more widespread (and is making no particular reference to the backside). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/6 "2012-05-10T16:32:06Z")
[Lewis Grizzard Naked/Nekkid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUKPmKKVq1k) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/7 "2012-05-10T16:33:27Z")
Both. Depending on which ever one falls out of my mouth. I don’t really think about it before I say it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/8 "2012-05-10T16:37:21Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Both. Depending on which ever one falls out of my mouth. I don’t really think about it before I say it. The only way to travel. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/9 "2012-05-10T16:54:56Z")
I voted ‘buck’ which has a overwhelming majority here, but Google Fight gives only 66,300 hits for “buck naked” versus 1,110,000 hits for “butt naked.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/10 "2012-05-10T16:56:55Z")
“Buck” was what I heard as a kid. “Butt” is a more recent coinage. > [@](#): > > “Naked” means “You don’t have any clothes on.” > “Nekkid” means “You don’t have any clothes on, and you’re up to something.” ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/11 "2012-05-10T17:00:24Z")
Buck naked. Butt naked has an [entry at the Eggcorn Database](http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/369/butt/); make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/12 "2012-05-10T18:11:37Z")
“Butt” naked. Because I think it sounds funnier. . ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/13 "2012-05-10T20:20:15Z")
I know it’s really buck naked, but what does that even mean? Butt naked is funny and it means you’re _so_ naked, we can see your butt. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/14 "2012-05-10T21:47:58Z")
_It varies_. _Buck naked_ in general, but if the naked ass is prominent somehow, _butt naked_ it is. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/15 "2012-05-10T21:52:00Z")
Neither, I’m not sure I’ve ever had the chance to use this expression. If I did it would be _buck_ unless I were making a joke for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/16 "2012-05-10T21:54:27Z")
Butt naked would just mean your butt is uncovered. Another lop-sided poll. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/17 "2012-05-10T22:00:11Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I voted ‘buck’ which has a overwhelming majority here, but Google Fight gives only 66,300 hits for “buck naked” versus 1,110,000 hits for “butt naked.” :dubious: But not all of these would be the phrase meaning the adjective “naked” along with an intensifier. Some of them might be places where the word “butt” just happened to abut (heh) the word “naked”. After all if you’re talking about being naked you might just be talking about butts as well,( whereas to coincidentally be talking about male deer would not be so commonplace, HOPEFULLY.) ETA: which isn’t to say that butt naked isn’t a more commonplace expression! Just that it is closer to even than a naive googlefight might suggest. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/18 "2012-05-10T22:18:39Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > Buck naked. Butt naked has an [entry at the Eggcorn Database](http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/369/butt/); make of that what you will. Dang it, I was going to mention eggcorns! However, I’m happy to learn there’s an eggcorn database. We had a similar poll a few months ago with catercorner, which I believe was soundly beaten by both of its eggcorns: cattycorner and kittycorner. It’s nice to see that buck is holding its own! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/19 "2012-05-10T22:52:42Z")
Buck naked, because it’s a great porn name. **Zeldar** , I quoted the Grizzard definition to my wife before I even bothered to click the link. He nails it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515/20 "2012-05-11T00:05:37Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Buck naked, because it’s a great porn name. > > **Zeldar** , I quoted the Grizzard definition to my wife before I even bothered to click the link. He nails it. Lewis was the main dude! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buck-or-butt-naked/621515.md?page=2)