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Indian, Slytherin, and I grew up in Boston.

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    Mindy Kaling‏Verified account @mindykaling Feb 2
    Replying to @davidstassen

    Is it buck naked or butt naked? Pls respond

    9:31 PM - 2 Feb 2018
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      2.  🌈Dr. SWILUA‏ @Swilua Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @Amyjayyyyyyyyyy @davidstassen

        Here's a poll let's answer this with science

        2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
      3.  🌈Dr. SWILUA‏ @Swilua Feb 3
        Replying to @Swilua @mindykaling and

        Based on the way the percentages are changing when different parts of the country are awake, I suspect this is a regional dialect difference. If I knew any linguists on Twitter to tag and confirm I would.

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Kristine A‏ @_Kristine_A Feb 3
        Replying to @Swilua @mindykaling and

        Paging @byu_librarian

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      5. Kjerste Christensen‏ @byu_librarian Feb 3
        Replying to @_Kristine_A @Swilua @Amyjayyyyyyyyyy

        So, the first thing I would do is try to confirm if one is "original" / older and one is "incorrect" / newer. It's pretty common for an idiom that uses archaic or unusual vocabulary to be reanalyzed as a similar-sounding phrase that seems more logical.

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      6. Kjerste Christensen‏ @byu_librarian Feb 3
        Replying to @byu_librarian @_Kristine_A and

        E.g., "pique one's interest" becomes "peak one's interest" or "for all intents and purposes" becomes "for all intensive purposes." "Butt naked" sounds more logical to me (i.e. "your butt is naked") than "buck naked" does. (Why wouldn't your buck be naked? Aren't does naked too?)

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      7. Kjerste Christensen‏ @byu_librarian Feb 3
        Replying to @byu_librarian @_Kristine_A and

        For that reason, my starting hypothesis would be that "buck naked" is actually the original form, because I can see how you would logically get from "buck naked" to "butt naked," but not in the other direction.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      8. Kjerste Christensen‏ @byu_librarian Feb 3
        Replying to @byu_librarian @_Kristine_A and

        Wiktionary lists both forms and says that nobody knows which form is older. (Wiktionary is great for many things, but original etymological research is not necessarily one of them.)

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      9. Kjerste Christensen‏ @byu_librarian Feb 3
        Replying to @byu_librarian @_Kristine_A and

        Merriam-Webster lists only the form "buck naked," which would imply that it's the more common / older form (although they do acknowledge that its use is "informal").

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      1. Oneeb Farooq (اُنيب)‏ @thebrownboi97 Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        Mindy out here asking the real questions!!pic.twitter.com/35FrQhZ209

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      1. Effie K‏ @effieinbama Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        But the Barenaked Ladies would probably disagree with both. In one week.

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      2. stacy amma osei-kuffour‏ @StacyAmma Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        Black ppl say buck, white ppl say butt...

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3.  🎃 Tonya *Vote On November 6th‏ @_Lavaland_ Feb 2
        Replying to @StacyAmma @mindykaling @davidstassen

        Yup.

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      1. Christopher Beckham‏ @BeckhamSr Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        pic.twitter.com/XnFPzl2u5K

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      2. Thomas Goerdel‏ @knowblerot Feb 3
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        It was originally buck. Like going buck wild. But then people who didn’t know the phrase started saying butt and they taught a whole generation incorrectly until everyone just accepted it. It’s the same reason why people say sherbert.

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      1. Alyssa B‏ @lissyanna21 Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        This question has made me doubt everything I ever thought I knew...

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      1. Elizabeth Swallen‏ @CTElizabeth Feb 3
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        Buck nekkid.

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      1. NOLA‏ @Huckabuck2438 Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        Per Google:They're both "correct", and they both mean "totally naked" (although "butt naked" can mean "bare buttocks"). From the phrase "as naked as a buck deer" (which apparently is similar to the phrase "naked as a jay-bird"). I swore it was butt! 😁

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      2. holycats68‏ @holycats68 Feb 2
        Replying to @mindykaling @davidstassen

        It’s Buck - like George Costanza’s stage name - “Buck Naked”

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