To deplore the ever-increasing use of the word, butt, when you mean bum?

[Breadandwine]

The proper word for that part of our anatomy is arse, or bum or, in polite society, bottom!

'Butt' is a measly-mouthed substitute creeping more and more into our language.

I mean, "Get up off your arse you lazy scum-bag!" (When addressing your DH.)

Or, "Get up off your bum you lazy scum-bag"

Or, "Get up off your butt you lazy scum-bag!"

Which has the greater impact?

The last is a complete cop-out, folks - and we should object to it every time we hear it or see it!

I hate it when fish use the word Butt instead of Boat. Do they teach these sprats nothing these days?

A Canadian colleague of mine once asked if I had a big arse.

At least, that's what I thought he said. In reality he had asked if I had a big house as he was looking to put up some visitors to our school.

complex house and arse sound remarkably similar. I remember walking to a york city versus Mansfield match and heard a Mansfield fan tell his mate 'it's alright I've got a spare DVD player up my arse'

I thought he was walking strangly.

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Oops third attempt. House and arse sound remarkably similar in an east Midlands dialect.

I think butt occupies a useful middle ground between bum, which is childishly cheeky, and arse, which is properly rude.

Butt belongs in USA!
I used to say 'ass' when first moved to UK, and omg the weird looks I got. I didn't even know about the words 'bum' or 'bottom'! So I quickly stopped using that. Haha. I call it bum now as bottom feels too posh for me somehow.

Vlad _ I say hin-end too. But more often than not I say "Erse". Unless I am talking to children in which case I say bum or bottom.

I hate the word 'bum', along with 'boobs'. It conjures up all kinds of Carry On/Kenneth Williams/Benny Hill/oo'err missus types of 'naughtiness'.

Point of information, Elizabeth Barrett Browning had an Aunt Bummy (really called Arabella, but known to all as Bummy). It makes reading some of her correspondence hilarious if you have a juvenile sense of humour...

This thread has reminded me about a very straight-laced woman I worked with a few years ago on an archaeological dig who asked if she could photograph my fanny.
When all the misunderstandings were over she produced an artistic collage of photographs of all the digger's (very muddy) bums.

We do not swear and will not let them. they know if they did
swear they will be in a lot of trouble so they dont
the only word that i feel is not a swear word is bum
and will only let them use it in the wright way

FIL does this, or ass...

he thinks it makes him sound cool and he is the straightest rod there was.

I totally agree with that statement.
a*se it is rude

i've pulled my DD3 (15) up for using butt instead of bum/bottom/arse.

Recently, horror of horrors, she said shopping 'mall', FGS, instead of 'center'. DH and i both looked up and said ''mall??'' at the same time ... she hasn't said it again. i blame too much american tv.

yes I agree i dont like the butt word to

we only say bum here

I also hate it when people use 'movies' instead of 'films'. while we`'re on the subject.

I HATE movies as well...it sounds cringeworthy when British people say it . I am also unable to say "guy" or "you guys" as well; argghh

"reaching out"
"loving it"
"journey" (other than on the bus/train etc)