Reply #8: Just plain "nekkid" gets the idea across, but... [View All]

[TreasonousBastard]

some reason we have to add modifiers, as if the word itself is unclear. (How is "batshit crazy" crazier than just plain "crazy"?)

I always assumed the "buck" thing referred to whomever our forbears thought of as savages-- those "young bucks" hunting deer or working the cotton fields. So, there is that nagging fear of savage sexuality that adds a steamy emphasis to "naked" when you add "buck" to it.

Just plain "naked" is funny when you think of guys wearing barrels or other comedy routines. Or, it's something Freudian when you dream of being caught naked. But "buck naked" adds the scary thought that that nekkid guy over there can screw my woman better than I can.

(Or, if you're the woman...)