WikiSaurus:buttocks

Table of contents

1 Noun 1.1 Technical 1.2 Colloquialisms or slang 1.3 Taboo slang 1.4 Other 2 See also

Noun

• buttocks

Technical

• buttocks
• glutei maximi (the muscles of the buttocks)
• nates

Colloquialisms or slang

• booty (US)
• bum (British)
• buns - (British, Australia - female appreciation of male buttocks - popularised by TV program Absolutely Fabulous)
• bum cheeks (not a synonym for anus)
• butt (US)
• cheeks (not a synonym for anus)
• caboose
• fanny (US)
• glutes (the muscles of the buttocks)
• gluteus maximus
• heinie
• jacksie (British)
• keister

Taboo slang

• arse (British), ass (US)
• arse cheeks (British), ass cheeks (not synonyms for anus)

Other

Some of the following are euphemistic.

• backside
• behind
• bottom
• derriere
• fundament
• posterior
• rear
• rear end
• rump
• sit-upon

See also

• WikiSaurus:anus