Protocol or etiquette for being butt naked on the balcony ?

4 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

Protocol or etiquette for being butt naked on the balcony ?

We will need pictures first before we can judge.

 

Imagine if it balcony easily visible from a public place it is indecent exposure, a crime.

You don't want them 'outraged netizens' seeing you.....

I had never heard the term "butt naked" until a few decades ago. Back in the day, people said "buck naked". 

 

I know both mean the same thing, and neither is wrong, but I wonder why this change came about and when.

My personal guideline is that if the nudity is attractive and raises organs then it is not only acceptable but desirable. If the nudity is offensive i.e. done with one or other partner being ugly, short, fat, gross, old etc then it is never acceptable under any circumstances. I used to be attractive naked but since putting on an about 20kg, I have become less attractive than before and hence reduce my naked balcony play to the dusk, evenings and hours of darkness. Leaving the lights on the balcony on, adds to the viewership, but also adds to the mosquito problem for the most delicate tissues. 

Yes, the same applies to Sexual Harrasement.

There is a law. Nudity not allowed, except females below 40 y/o weighted below 55

I don't think there is one. Case by case basis.

If it's a sexy young female butt naked on the balcony then who's going to complain? Maybe some outraged aunties or a "Chang Nam". 

 

1 hour ago, NickyLouie said:

Protocol or etiquette for being butt naked on the balcony ?

The only applicable law would be Section 388 of the Criminal Code, Public Obscenity, in which the act has to be in public.  Is your private balcony public?    Maybe the person watching you naked, in your own home, would be the one actually committing an offence or breaching etiquette?

36 minutes ago, VBer said:

There is a law. Nudity not allowed, except females below 40 y/o weighted below 55

42 kg would be better I figure. Hard to find these days. Fat chick deal here is getting really bad.

In the US generally (probably state by state laws apply)  you can be naked in your dwelling, you can sunbathe naked in your garden or poolside etc as long as it cannot be seen from outside, within reason. Now if somebody climbs up your fence or peeps between/ in your window drapes they are the one doing the crime. No, so you can't go naked on a balcony.

 

And don't be an idiot like this guy in Denver who happened to be a pilot on a layover.  

He woke up and made a long phone call free-balling next to his rooms window.

Ended up fully exonerated and paid $300,000 as the police and hotel staff made a bunch of avoidable mistakes 

 

https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/11/naked-united-airlines-pilot-arrested-at-dia-settlement/

I think I'll be safe, my manhood is so small it should not be visible to the naked eyes from across the street

1 hour ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I had never heard the term "butt naked" until a few decades ago. Back in the day, people said "buck naked". 

 

I know both mean the same thing, and neither is wrong, but I wonder why this change came about and when.

 

'Butt Naked' is just a an eggcorn of 'Buck Naked'....     

 

....  But it could also be considered a Bowdlerisation as in the modern world the original term 'Buck Naked' may be considered offensive to native Indians....    though the origins of 'Butt Naked' preceded the wokerarti take-over of the world....

 

.... Thus, its more likely that this is just a term people have miss-heard and repeated incorrectly  (ergo - eggcorn)

 

In much the same manner people commonly use the term 'burn their bridges'...  which is an eggcorn of 'to burn ones britches'....

 

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

'Butt Naked' is just a an eggcorn of 'Buck Naked'....     

 

....  But it could also be considered a Bowdlerisation as in the modern world the original term 'Buck Naked' may be considered offensive to native Indians....    though the origins of 'Butt Naked' preceded the wokerarti take-over of the world....

 

.... Thus, its more likely that this is just a term people have miss-heard and repeated incorrectly  (ergo - eggcorn)

 

In much the same manner people commonly use the term 'burn their bridges'...  which is an eggcorn of 'to burn ones britches'....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks.

 

The term "buck" was/is also used as a negative term to refer to a young male of another minority, although I find it more difficult to see a link to nudity. 

 

I think you're correct in that it is just "buck naked" misheard and probably not political correctness run amok.

 

It's difficult to judge. The balcony is private property, and one can do as they please on their property. If you are looking from a public space into private property, the looker maybe considered a peeping tom, and therefore committing a crime. Looking into other people's homes isn't polite.

The rule is if it's a hot woman it's fine, anyone else against condo act

Blessed be the sight of a naked woman but the sight of a naked man is not in God's plan. That is why he gave them hairy asses.

 

Benjamin Franklin (probably)

13 hours ago, digbeth said:

I think I'll be safe, my manhood is so small it should not be visible to the naked eyes from across the street

at that distance you would appear to be a woman. 

14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

'Butt Naked' is just a an eggcorn of 'Buck Naked'....     

 

....  But it could also be considered a Bowdlerisation as in the modern world the original term 'Buck Naked' may be considered offensive to native Indians....    though the origins of 'Butt Naked' preceded the wokerarti take-over of the world....

 

.... Thus, its more likely that this is just a term people have miss-heard and repeated incorrectly  (ergo - eggcorn)

 

In much the same manner people commonly use the term 'burn their bridges'...  which is an eggcorn of 'to burn ones britches'....

 

 

 

 

 

I don't think so. To burn your bridges means to eliminate any means of retreat. Nothing to do with britches.

16 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I had never heard the term "butt naked" until a few decades ago. Back in the day, people said "buck naked". 

 

I know both mean the same thing, and neither is wrong, but I wonder why this change came about and when.

Not where i came from never heard buk naked before im in mid 60s, what planet you from

19 minutes ago, 1sickpuppy said:

Not where i came from never heard buk naked before im in mid 60s, what planet you from

Merriam Webster dictionary:.

'Buck Naked' or 'Butt Naked'?
It's a natural question

While both buck naked and butt naked are used to describe someone who is fully nude, buck naked is the older of the pair. Butt naked is much newer and likely sees use because of butt having a long history of referring to a person's buttocks.

 

Buck Naked was George Costanza's 'porno name' in a 1993 Seinfeld episode.

17 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

Imagine if it balcony easily visible from a public place it is indecent exposure, a crime.

The law is an ass.

I have strict protocol with my four doxies that they must stay naked or in completely transparent nightgowns when I am with them in my condo because a woman's body is a work of art. One night, one of them went to the balcony naked by mistake, and somebody yelled out at her from outside my condo boundaries while driving his motorcycle. I'm glad that he did not had an accident. 

17 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

 "buck naked". 

Great group.

1 hour ago, 1sickpuppy said:

Not where i came from never heard buk naked before im in mid 60s, what planet you from

 

A planet where the older term was used.

 

https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/07/buck-butt-naked.html

As long as you don't mind seeing your butt photos all over social media by peeking neighbors, then go for it. 

21 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

I had never heard the term "butt naked" until a few decades ago. Back in the day, people said "buck naked". 

 

I know both mean the same thing, and neither is wrong, but I wonder why this change came about and when.

Could have just reflected regional English usage. Moving from the Philadelphia (USA) area to Western Kentucky ... dealing with electric we always said "plug it in", in Kentucky I heard, "plug it up". Nevermind "Youse guys" and "y'all" ... see I am bilingual! Ha!

23 minutes ago, Wrwest said:

Could have just reflected regional English usage. Moving from the Philadelphia (USA) area to Western Kentucky ... dealing with electric we always said "plug it in", in Kentucky I heard, "plug it up". Nevermind "Youse guys" and "y'all" ... see I am bilingual! Ha!

 

My time in PA was spent among the yinzers. Learned lots of regionalisms. Got a lot of "you're not from around here, are you?".