Slang for Butt: Meanings, Words & Examples

Slang for butt means informal words people use instead of “buttocks.” Common examples include bum, booty, tush, rear end, and behind. Some are playful or polite, like tushie. Others, like “arse,” are rude. The right choice depends on your audience, your country, and whether you’re joking with friends or speaking more formally.

Key Takeaways

• It means casual, non-medical words for the buttocks, such as bum, booty, tush, and rear end.
• Origins vary: some words are very old, some come from French or Yiddish, and some are unclear.
• People use these words in speech, texts, jokes, and fitness talk.
• Tone runs from cute (tushie) to rude (arse, ass).
• Region matters: Brits say bum, while Americans say butt.
• Look-alikes like butthurt and butterface are insults, not body-part words.

You hear a word for the backside and wonder: is it rude, silly, or fine to say around Grandma? It’s a fair question. These words change a lot by country, age group, and setting.

People look up slang for butt for many reasons. Some are stuck on a crossword clue. Some heard a British friend say “bum” and want to know if it matches the American word. Parents want kid-friendly choices. Writers need the right word for a character. Others spotted a look-alike term online, like butthurt, and got curious.

And yes, these words are alive and well. Some are decades old, like keister and caboose. Others fill texts and captions today, like booty and the peach emoji 🍑.

This guide puts everything in one place: meanings, pronunciation, word origins, regional differences, real examples, and clear tips on when to keep it clean. Where the history is fuzzy, we’ll say so instead of guessing. You won’t need another tab.

What Does Slang for Butt Mean?

It means any casual, non-medical word for the buttocks, the rounded part of the body you sit on. Some words are gentle and playful. Others are crude. A few also have unrelated meanings, so context matters. For example, “I slipped and landed on my tush” simply means “I fell on my backside.”

Quick Meaning Box

Meaning	Simple Explanation
Main meaning	Casual words for the buttocks
Word type	Nouns
Common examples	Butt, bum, booty, tush, rear end
Tone	Ranges from cute to rude
Best used	Chats with friends, jokes, texts

Pronunciation

Most of these words are easy to say. These are the ones that trip people up:

• Butt: BUHT (rhymes with “cut”)
• Bum: BUHM
• Booty: BOO-tee
• Tush: TUUSH (rhymes with “push”)
• Heinie: HY-nee
• Tookus: TOOK-us
• Keister: KEE-ster
• Derrière: DAIR-ee-air
• Bahookie: buh-HOO-kee
• Arse (British): AHRSS (rhymes with “farce”)

Where Does Slang for Butt Come From?

The exact origin of this whole word group is unclear, since people have always invented casual names for body parts. Each word has its own story. Bum appears in English texts from the Middle Ages, but its exact origin is unclear. 

Tush and tuchus are often traced to Yiddish. Derrière is borrowed from French, where it means “behind.” Rump likely came from Scandinavian languages. For butt, the “thick end” meaning is old, and many sources think the body-part sense grew from it, though the path isn’t certain.

History of the Term

People have used casual words like these for centuries. Over time, polite speakers leaned on softer words like “behind” and “posterior,” while casual ones kept spreading. By the 20th century, American English had many playful options, including keister, caboose, and tuchus.

Then pop music moved the topic into the open. Sir Mix-a-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” (1992) and Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious” (2001) helped make booty a mainstream word. Today, gym culture and social media keep the list growing.

How People Use It Today

You’ll see these words in group chats, memes, fitness posts, and everyday talk. Gym-goers say glutes and booty on leg day. 

Parents and kids use tushie and heinie. Online, the peach emoji 🍑 often stands in for the word. In Britain, bum is part of ordinary casual speech. Insults like butthurt turn up mostly in online arguments.

British Slang for Butt

The most common British slang is “bum,” and the stronger word is “arse.” Bum is casual and fairly mild, so you’ll hear it around kids and in friendly chat. Softer options include bottom, backside, and botty. 

For extra flavor, there’s “jacksie,” the Scottish “bahookie,” and Cockney rhyming slang “Khyber,” short for Khyber Pass. One warning: “fanny” is vulgar in Britain and means a different body part, so skip it there.

Slang for Buttocks

“Buttocks” is the standard word, and slang covers everything below it on the formality scale. At the top are medical and formal terms like gluteal region, posterior, and derrière. Next come neutral picks like behind, rear, and bottom. 

Then casual ones like butt, booty, and tush. At the bottom sit rude words like ass and arse. Many dictionaries link “buttock” to the older word butt plus a small-size ending.

Slang for Buttocks in America

In the United States, “butt” is the go-to word, and “tush” and “rear end” are common, softer choices. 

Older or more playful options include keister, caboose, duff, and can. Yiddish-influenced words like tuchus and tookus are often linked to New York-area speech. “Fanny” is also a mild American word for the rear. The stronger, rude word is “ass.”

Slang for Butt Starting With He

The best answer is “heinie” (HY-nee), also spelled “heiny.” It’s a playful American word, often used with kids. Many sources connect it to “hind end,” but the exact origin is unclear. 

Heinie has six letters and heiny has five, which helps with word puzzles. If you only need a word that starts with “hi,” try the variant spelling “hiney.”

Slang Words for Butt

Most slang words for butt follow a few simple patterns, which makes them easy to remember. Some are baby-talk forms, like tushie. 

Some borrow from other languages, like derrière and tuchus. Others reuse everyday nouns, like caboose (the last car on a train), can, and seat. Food comparisons are popular too, such as buns and the peach emoji 🍑. Once you spot the pattern, new slang gets easier to decode.

Slang for Buttocks Crossword Clue

For crosswords, the most common answers are short ones like BUM, REAR, TUSH, and BOOTY. Pick by letter count, then check the crossing letters.

Letters	Likely answers
3	BUM, CAN, ASS
4	REAR, TUSH, BUNS, RUMP, SEAT, BUTT
5	BOOTY, TUSHY, HINEY
6	BEHIND, BOTTOM, TUSHIE, TUCHUS, TOOKUS, HEINIE
7	KEISTER
8	BACKSIDE, DERRIERE

A hint like “Yiddish” likely points to TUCHUS, while “British” likely points to BUM. Spellings vary, so TOOKUS and TUCHUS can both appear.

Slang for Butthurt

Butthurt is not a word for the body part. It’s a mocking slang term for someone who is overly upset or offended, usually over something small. 

You’ll mostly see it in online arguments and comment sections. Its exact origin is unclear. Milder alternatives are “salty,” “bitter,” or “offended.” Because butthurt is dismissive, it can start fights, so use it with care.

Slang for Butterface

Butterface is an insult, not a word for the body part. It’s a rude slang term aimed at women, built from the phrase “but her face.” 

The wording is mean and sexist, and it can really hurt. Most people see it as unacceptable, so it’s best to avoid it. If you meet the word in a script or a song, now you know what it means.

Slang for Butter

Butter isn’t slang for butt, even though the words look alike. In everyday slang, “butter up” means to flatter someone to get something. “Smooth as butter” describes something that goes easily, and “butterfingers” is a playful name for someone who drops things. Same start, totally different idea.

Slang for Button

Button isn’t a word for the butt either. It shows up in common sayings, like “cute as a button” for something adorable and “push someone’s buttons” for annoying them on purpose. “On the button” means exactly right, and in British slang “button it” means be quiet. Context makes the meaning clear.

Examples in Everyday Conversation

• “Did you slip on the ice?” “Yep, right on my tush.”
• “Why are you standing up?” “That bike seat made my butt go numb.”
• “Budge up, mate.” “Sorry, half my bum is already off the bench.”
• “Mom, my heinie itches!” “It’s the new laundry soap. We’ll switch back.”
• “Squeeze your glutes at the top.” “I am! My booty is on fire.”
• “Need a cushion?” “Please. My keister can’t take another hour on this chair.”
• “Careful on that ladder.” “Relax. Worst case, I land on my rear end.”
• “He won’t help clean up.” “Tell him to get off his duff.”
• “Grandpa, why do you say tookus?” “Because ‘rear end’ is boring.”
• “Why is he so mad?” “I said his team lost. He’s so butthurt.”

Text Message Examples

• Slipped on the stairs. My tush is NOT okay 😭
• Leg day done. I can’t feel my glutes.
• Save me a seat? My bum needs a rest.
• Cold bench + thin jeans = frozen booty.
• Don’t get butthurt, it was only a joke!
• Crossword help: 5 letters, slang for rear end, starts with B?
• The bleachers are hard on the behind. Bring a cushion.
• Get off your duff and come help me carry boxes.
• Pretty sure my heinie is bruised. That sled was fast.
• Sat on my phone again. Screen survived, my pride didn’t.

Social Media Caption Examples

• Instagram: Leg day never skips, and neither does my booty 🍑
• Instagram: Fell off the paddleboard. Dignity gone, tush soaked.
• TikTok: POV: you slide down the playground slide and your heinie remembers every bump.
• TikTok: Trying every glute workout so you don’t have to.
• X: My chair is “ergonomic,” says the box. My butt disagrees.
• X: Getting butthurt over a movie ending is a personality now.
• Threads: Best part of a road trip? Standing up and feeling your bum wake up.
• Threads: Thank you to whoever invented heated car seats, from my cold behind.
• Facebook: The grandkids put a whoopee cushion on my chair. My keister and I are plotting revenge.
• Facebook: Baby’s first snow day! Her little bottom is bundled up warm.

Is It Positive or Negative?

Mostly neutral to playful, depending on the word. Butt, bum, and tush are mild. Ass and arse are rude. Butthurt and butterface are insults. 

Tone also depends on the listener: a joke between friends can sound disrespectful to a coworker. Commenting on someone else’s body unasked can feel unkind, even with a mild word.

Who Uses This Slang?

Almost everyone uses some of it. Kids and parents favor tushie and heinie. Teens and adults use butt and booty in chats and jokes. 

Gym-goers talk about glutes. In Britain, bum is everyday language. Keister, caboose, and duff can sound old-fashioned. Online commenters are the main users of butthurt.

Similar Slang Words

Slang	Meaning
Tush / tushie	A gentle, playful word for the butt
Tuchus / tookus	Yiddish-influenced words for the butt
Caboose	Playful word comparing the rear to the last train car
Derrière	A fancy, French-style word for the behind
Glutes	Gym shorthand for the buttock muscles
Rump	The rear end; also used for animals and a cut of meat
Buns	A playful, food-based word for the butt
Bottom	A polite, everyday word

Opposite Words

There’s no true opposite, but these come close:

• Front: the side opposite the rear
• Belly or tummy: the front of the torso
• Chest: the upper front of the body

In tone, formal terms like “gluteal region” sit at the other end from slang.

Common Mistakes

Four slips come up a lot. First, treating every word as equally polite: bum and arse carry very different weight. Second, mixing up look-alike words, which the table clears up. Third, using a word in the wrong country, since a British word can sound odd in America and the reverse. Fourth, shaky spelling: heinie and hiney both appear, tushy and tushie are both fine, tookus is also written tuchus, and keister is also spelled keester.

Term	Meaning	Key Difference
Butt	Buttocks	The main body-part word
Butthurt	Easily offended	An insult about feelings, not a body part
Butterface	A rude insult	Aimed at someone’s looks; avoid it
Butter	A dairy spread; also slang for flattery (“butter up”)	Not a body part
Button	A fastener; used in sayings	Not a body part

When NOT to Use It

• Work emails and reports: they sound unprofessional and may offend.
• School essays: formal writing expects standard words like “buttocks.”
• Doctor visits: clear terms like “buttocks” or “gluteal region” avoid confusion.
• Meeting someone new, or older relatives: they may find it rude.
• Around young children: stick to kid-friendly words like “bottom.”
• Talking about someone else’s body: it can make people uncomfortable.

Fun Facts

• The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the human body.
• The waist bag is a “fanny pack” in the U.S. and a “bum bag” in the U.K.
• Rump also names a cut of beef, as in rump steak.
• A caboose is the last car on a freight train.
• Derrière is French for “behind,” and English usually keeps the accent mark.
• Several dictionaries treat American “ass” as a variant of British “arse,” which goes back to Old English.
• Booty also means treasure taken as loot. That’s an older, separate meaning, and any link to the slang is unclear.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the slang for bum?

As slang for the buttocks, bum is mostly British, though Americans understand it. In the U.S., “bum” usually means a lazy person or someone without a home, which can sound insulting.

Americans also use it as a verb: to “bum” something means to ask for it, as in “Can I bum a ride?” To “bum around” means to spend time with no plan. When talking with Americans about the body part, “butt” or “tush” is clearer.

What is another word for butt?

It depends on which meaning you need. For the body part, try bottom, behind, or rear end. But “butt” has other jobs too. 

The thick end of a tool or rifle is its butt, and “base” or “end” can replace it. What’s left of a cigarette is a butt, and “stub” fits there. The “butt of a joke” is the target, so “target” or “victim” works. As a verb, to butt means to hit with the head.

What is some urban slang term for buttocks?

Slang changes fast by region, age, and community, so no one list is final. Booty is the best-known casual choice, and it’s common in pop and R&B lyrics. “Cakes” and the peach emoji 🍑 show up in online posts. 

User-written sites like Urban Dictionary list many more terms, but entries vary in quality. If a word is new to you, check several sources and see how people your age and region actually use it first.

What are some nicknames for your buttocks?

Playful nicknames usually come from baby talk or food. Tushie, cheeks, and buns are common, friendly picks. Parents often choose soft words like “bottom” or “tushie” with toddlers, since they’re clear, calm, and not embarrassing. 

Among adults, people may joke about their “rear end” or “back end,” or call it a “peach.” Keep nicknames light, and use them for your own body rather than naming someone else’s, which can make people uncomfortable.

What is slang for big buttocks?

Common terms include bubble butt, junk in the trunk, donk, and “thick” (also spelled “thicc” online). “Badonkadonk” got a big boost from Trace Adkins’ 2005 country hit “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk.” 

These phrases can be flirty, flattering, or teasing, depending on tone and who says them. Because they focus on someone’s body, they can feel objectifying or unwelcome. They land best when used about yourself or between close friends who are clearly joking. When in doubt, skip the comment.

What do Brits call buttocks?

Most Brits say bum, with arse as the ruder version. The more interesting part is how Brits use these words in sayings. “Can’t be arsed” means can’t be bothered. “Arse over tit” describes a tumble head over heels, and it’s a bit cheeky. 

Phrases like these show that “arse” is common in British speech, but it still counts as a strong word. In polite company or around kids, Brits usually switch to bum or bottom.

Final Thoughts

Words for the rear end can be silly, sweet, or rude, and the right pick comes down to who’s listening. Tush and bottom are safe with kids. 

Butt and booty fit friendly chats and jokes. Arse and ass are best saved for casual, adult company. And look-alikes like butthurt and butterface aren’t about the body at all.

Maybe you came for a crossword answer, a British-versus-American check, or a kid-friendly choice. Either way, you now have the full list, the quirks, and the history that’s actually known. 

Where a word’s origin is fuzzy, we left it fuzzy, because that keeps this guide honest. Slang shifts fast, so a word that feels fresh today may sound dated in a few years. If you’re unsure about a new term, see how people of that age and region really use it, and when in doubt, pick the milder word.

Keep this page handy the next time slang for butt comes up in a puzzle, a group chat, or a family dinner. Know a word we missed? Let us know, and we’ll add it if it checks out.