buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; “he deserves a good kick in the butt”; “are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Origin uncertain. Originally attested as a criminal cant word for "burglar's tool-box" in 1881. In the 20th century a clutch of criminal slang meanings are mentioned, including "safe, strongbox". "Tripe and keister" had been the phrase for a conman's or a pitchman's display case on a tripod. A likely origin is the word Kiste, which means a box or case, in both German and Yiddish.
keister (plural keisters)
(slang) The anus or buttocks.
(slang, dated) A safe, a strongbox.
(slang) A suitcase; a satchel.
keister (third-person singular simple present keisters, present participle keistering, simple past and past participle keistered)
(slang) To conceal something in one's rectum
• kerites, kiester, strikee
Keister (plural Keisters)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Keister is the 7317th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4560 individuals. Keister is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.
• kerites, kiester, strikee
Source: Wiktionary
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
