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The part of you that enters the room last and gets talked about most.
means The rear part of the body you sit on — your buttocks.
from A plain Old English compound: 'back' plus 'side,' literally the side of you that faces backward. No hidden trick here — it's one of those English words that means exactly what it looks like, first used for the rear of objects and places before settling comfortably onto the human body.
- polite euphemism
- used since the 1300s to dodge the ruder word
- skiing term
- the shaded, colder side of a mountain
- trading slang
- backside ratio measures a stock's post-earnings reaction
- skateboarding move
- turning away from the obstacle, back first