Idle Speculation
Jan. 26th, 2005 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyspriteDoes anybody know where, exactly, the phrase 'buck naked' comes from? A buck is not any more or less naked than any other animal; if anything the antlers might actually make them less naked instead of more, depending on how you look at it. And if it's monetarily speaking, a buck is awfully cheap.
While I'm thinking of it, actually, why is a dollar a buck?
Personally, I'd rather be sawbuck naked. Or even C-note naked. I'd like to think I'm at least somewhat more valuable than a Wendy's Junior Cheeseburger....
While I'm thinking of it, actually, why is a dollar a buck?
Personally, I'd rather be sawbuck naked. Or even C-note naked. I'd like to think I'm at least somewhat more valuable than a Wendy's Junior Cheeseburger....
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Date: 2005-01-27 01:11 am (UTC)http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=20001005
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20040927.html
So it seems the answer is - no one is sure.