Talk:Buck naked
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[edit] Looking for trouble
In the American South, "buck naked" or "butt naked" means not in your house, out looking for trouble on Saturday night and wearing no clothes I live in Georgia. I've heard "buck naked" and "butt naked" plenty of times, but never the above definiton. PrometheusX303 03:57, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Corruption of Expression
It's clear as crystal that the term is "buck naked" as in as naked as a buck deer, further reinforced in its usage by the fact that a buck-skin is similar to tanned human skin. The term "butt naked" is just another example of mis-pronounciation that gets ingrained in people's speech. Just like "coming down the pipe" has garnered common usage for those that don't understand that the term "pike" is the proper word. Such corruptions are common in that a mis-heard expression gains acceptance as the erroneous phrase is also reasonably non-sensical when it is heard by others, and propagated. [Nov 2006]
