Is there a polite term for... well... the buttcrack?
Mid-email, trying to describe in brief and polite terms to my colleagues why something was perhaps not appropriate for Fluther, I got stumped on the word “buttcrack”. Really, it was only the top of a buttcrack. It’s gone now. Let’s move on. I mean, it just seems a rather crass word to me. I wanted to be a bit more professional than that, but I really could not even think of another word for it. Well, other than “cleft”, but if I wrote that in an email, people would think I was nuts and/or way too into romance novels. I am not. Romance novels and I had a brief, guilty pleasure kind of fling in high school, but that that was long ago and we’ve both since moved on.
IS there a nicer way to say ‘buttcrack’? I would love to know.
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The gluteal cleft, natal cleft or anal cleft
The “Great Divide” depending on how fabulous it is .XD
Tailbone? For the upper region…
Gluteal cleft, yes.
I’m not sure that really works in day to day conversation, though. Buttcrack is a relatively gentle word. It’s better than asscrack.
Hahaha.. Yes.. well, the superior portion of the gluteal cleft was exposed, need I say more?
I was curious what the medical term for the area was, too! Awesome.
@worriedguy – Ha! I like that.
Honestly, I’m not good at delicate. I’m much better with blunt and graphic.
Yeah, I’m pretty blunt, too, and not very good at sugarcoating things. I am not at all adverse to ‘bad’ language and use it plenty, myself. I was just amused that I couldn’t think of a polite term and then I thought it was a funny question, so here we are. :P
@Zyx – I like that, too! It’s rather poetic. Like a haiku. Wait! I am inspired…
The Waxing Crescent
Soft, glowing hint of an orb
You hold my eyes, rapt.
One could argue that there is no need for a polite term because once you find yourself talking about it you have already passed out of the realm of polite discourse.
Between the two soft cushions?
@Jeruba I’m with you there. Especially if you need to specify the part of the behind, and not just go with “rear area” or “derrière”.
I agree with @Jeruba. I cannot imagine a reason to mention it, other than dipping into a lower level of conversation.
Is “asscrack” less polite? Jklol.
I had heard of “gluteal cleft”, I wasn’t sure if that was the technical term, but I checked Wikipedia, and according to that it’s called the intergluteal cleft.
Well, this is in a fairly casual situation, not polite company, but I was trying for something vaguer or polite. Anyway, the general ‘rear end’ would probably usually suffice, but the body part in question was, in fact, very relevant to the discussion regarding this particular picture. I was going to briefly describe to someone who hadn’t seen it why it was up for debate and had a need to specify the body parts in question.
@MissAnthrope I guess I got over it and don’t really notice except when we are at family functions. Sometimes I put my finger in her coin slot and she jerks. My little bit of revenge.
San Andreas Fault or Ass Canyon ;) YOU ARE WELCOME!
@mama_cakes – Yes. The problem is that you are not showing enough skin. Please change your avatar to a photo of you without the pants on. Thank you. ~Mgmt.
Well, since you asked nicely..
Apparently, the French term for butt crack is la raie des fesses. Things always seem less crude and course in French.
I thought it was backside cleavage.
Plumber’s crack or Builder’s crack are always useful.
Anyway, if it’s any comfort, you’re not alone. This new words for butt crack Facebook group doesn’t seem to be doing very well at all.
Actually, maybe I shouldn’t have been so quick to judge. I checked back and they do have some content on their wall and 76 members! Maybe you should join, @MissAnthrope, and the rest of you too :-) they could certainly use the support, it looks like.
I am not sure if this is impolite, but it is probably not socially correct. When we were younger, we always called it the plumber’s crack
I GOT IT! Posterior is used in some commercials.
Backside crevice/crevasse… Romantic novel way… I bet I know a better website you may find your answer on. fetlife.com/ is a community for erotic (they do have respectably tatseful published authors on there that might be able to have better access to a whole different perspectives of words for butt crack. Seriously.
“As he trailed his fingers along her skin, which glowed so softly in the candle light, he found himself tempted to brush his fingertips over the gentle slope of her backside crevasse…”
(Butt crack, a dirty ol’ place where we get together”)
(to Love Shack – by the B52s ;-))
Cigarette holder (if a tight fit)
Ashtray (if very loose)
How about “thong cradle?”
y’all are making me think here… now combining some previous…
“you could plant the flag right thar in tha San Andreas”
watch out for the tar pit
How about valley of the moon?
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