Talk:barebutt

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barebutt

So Equinox banned me for creating this entry stating typical Lucifer trash. defined as "a bowdlerization", but a barebutt is not a bowdlerization. just a mess.), however this term is a bowdlerization of bareass just like any word with butt in it is used as a bowdlerization of ass, i altered it to specify it means nudity of the buttocks even though i find this redundant since it is covered at bareass, it should also be noted that Equinox is not very educated about anatomy based on the fact that he stated "typical lucifer trash what the hell is a buttocks", since he does not know what a buttocks is it is obvious he thinks terms for your rear end/ass/behind are not notable, he also made untrue statements that I formatted the plurals incorrectly which I did not.71.142.69.216 07:03, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I think his point was merely that buttocks is a plural and so can't be preceded by the indefinite article a. You can't say "a buttocks" any more than you can say "a scissors" or "a trousers". —Angr 07:17, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Although I agree that you "can't" say "a buttocks," people certainly do. The use is easily citable: [1], [2], [3].

As for "barebutt," all the uses are adjectives, not nouns, so the part of speech and definition need to be revised. --BB12 (talk) 08:20, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

@Angr: But people do say "a scissors is needed". DCDuring TALK 14:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

For me, it's the same issue. People do say it, but it's wrong to my ears and I would mark it wrong if I were grading a paper. That's why I put quotation marks around "can't" :) --BB12 (talk) 18:28, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I wasn't so much making an empirical claim about English grammar as explaining that when Equinox wrote "what the hell is a buttocks" he was complaining about Lucifer's grammar, not being ignorant of human anatomy. Whether you can actually say "a buttocks" in English isn't really the point. —Angr 15:06, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

As usual, Lucifer makes ridiculous arguments and attacks people personally rather than defending his pseudo-"words" with any acceptable scholarly evidence. Equinox ◑ 01:10, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Keep. I went ahead and converted this entry to adjective. It's attestable as such. I found nine cites featuring unambiguous uses of "barebutt" as an adjective. All can be viewed through the snippet/preview feature on Google Books, with the exception of the Frank Chin book, which can be viewed with the "Look Inside" feature on Amazon. Astral (talk) 17:05, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Kept. — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 06:47, 16 August 2012 (UTC)