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The one body part that gets its own genre of music.
means Slang for the buttocks, and by older extension, plunder or treasure seized as spoils.
from The body-part sense is a 20th-century alteration of 'booty' meaning loot or spoils, itself from Middle English 'bottin,' borrowed from Old French 'butin,' traced back to a Germanic root related to 'exchange' or 'distribution of spoils.' How treasure-talk slid into slang for the rear is debated, but 'booty' as plunder likely colored 'botty/bottie' (a diminutive of 'bottom'), and the two senses fused — leaving one word to cover pirate chests and dance floors alike.
- pirate origin
- from booty meaning plundered treasure, 1600s
- same root word
- booty and booth both trace to old germanic loot
- evolutionary bonus
- glutes are the largest muscle, built for upright sprinting
- chart power
- has launched multiple number one hit songs solo