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French for butt, used by people too polite to say butt.
means A polite, slightly dainty word for the human backside.
from Borrowed directly from French 'derrière,' meaning 'behind' or 'rear,' from Latin 'de retro' — 'from behind.' English speakers adopted it in the 1700s as a genteel euphemism, the same way 'posterior' gets wheeled out when 'butt' feels too blunt for polite company.
- literal meaning
- means behind or rear in French
- euphemism tier
- fancier than butt, classier than booty
- borrowed
- english stole it for extra politeness