Bottoms!

Terms like bottom,backside,behind etc seem to indicate the entire posterior portion of the anatomy, where as
buttocks specifically refers to the two mascular protrusions which act as a cushion to human species for sitting and also a good target for chastisement. I wonder why the term buttocks are considered old fashioned.
I wish more and more authors use this term.

When I was a kid in the American South, everyone said "fanny". Now I know that confuses our British cousins, but here in the colonies we always did things a bit differently. We don't have canes, we have paddles. We don't have tawses, we have razor strops, we don't have birches, we have switches, etc.

rollin
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Both "bottom" and "switch" (someone who likes to both spank and be spanked) are spankophile terms that also are related to spanking in broader definitions--the former as the spanking target area and the latter as an organic spanking implement.

"The switch whipped her switch across the bottom's bare bottom."

It could be a bit confusing if a writer wasn't careful to separate the two spanking-oriented meanings for each term.

That's the bottom line here... --C.K.

Not only sexier sounding but also descriptive of the ideal area of the bottom for a good wallop to connect to--the area just above the thighs where the posterior is at its plumpest, and also its tenderest, for maximum effect of a solid spank.

So a good "Nether Wallop" would impact on the 'sit spots' or 'spank spot' or 'undercheeks'--although in keeping with this thread, my favorite term that I've read referred to that area as the 'bottom of the bottom'... --C.K.

It seems you can find ridiculous or sexy names in all countries! Here one is called La Baïse devant. Now just forget the diaeresis and see what you get!

In the Swedish language we call the backside "stjaerten", which also is the word we use to refer to the tail of a bird. Incidentally, I love the sound of the Swedish word "rumpan", which also refers to the backside.

A tidbit - we have a humorous saying in Swedish, which comments the phenomenon of poverty - "Han som inga byxor har, han faar gaa med rumpan bar!" Which means - "He who has no pants, he must go with his backside bare!"

I would point out that although THe Wallops are in beautiful countryside, and there is much farming by mega-rich farmers and industrial farmers, it is probably more accurately described as a picture postcard millionaires residential area, with a smattering of billionaires, and probably a handful of working folk, than truly rural.
This is of course typical of most of rural Britain since farm mechanisation has decimated the workforce, the workers can't find anywhere to live near their roots and have to live in less expensive areas of surrounding towns.
The area is however extroardinarily beautiful and boasts some of the best game fishing in England, all private and enormously expensive of course, and plenty of shooting for the wealthy City slicker.

Am I bitter, yes I've seen the best parts of Hampshire turned into incredibly expensive City and media slickers residential areas over my lifetime.

Jimi

I think that the word buttocks,though old fashioned.is the most appropriate,denoting the mass of gluteus maximus muscles which is a characteristic of human species. In no other species they are so well developed as they serve the purpose of cushions for sitting. For me,other words like backside,bottom,posterior etc.do not appear to be anatomically precise. Words like bum.arse.derriere etc. are more colloquial! In ancient India,heavy buttocks,along with breasts.were looked at as objects of beauty and never as a terget for castigation.Sculptures in temples like Khajuraho and Konark, godesses have been depicted with huge round buttocks. In fact,in the Hindu sacred text, Soundrya Lahiri there are a few lines praising the beauty of the hindquarters of Devi.

Well, the word bottom is one with numerous meanings (ambiguous), RE the one involving human anatomy it would be a synonym for buttocks--as would posterior, backside, behind, rump, rear, rear end, fanny (in North America), hind end, hiney, buns, etc. --so used in that context I wouldn't say that it lacks anatomical precision, although perhaps it doesn't have the more clinical connotation that terms like buttocks, posterior and hindquarters (which is rarely used in conversation) would possess.

In one discussion thread on this board there was a mention of the Greek goddess of love often being referred to as "Aphrodite Callipygius," i.e. "Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks," so I'm figuring that many earlier human cultures had a fascination with attractive feminine derrieres--as of course does much of modern civilization as well.

I certainly do, although for some strange reason I like my ladies strong-armed too, like "Rosie the Riveter"... --C.K.