Definitions

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  • noun humourous bottom, bum

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Etymologies

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From French derrière, meaning behind or bottom

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Examples

  • I say and they say "I can't, I'm too nervous!" the endless airtrains flybarts and chugamucks on either side of the airport and...hmm, whatever happened to the Hare Krishnas in airports anyway -- okay, I'm enraged that they, like the use of the word derriere on TV commercials, have vanished from my life -- but you know what?

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009

  • “But madam,” he said, “you must know that you’re derriere is exposed!”

    Old Age Ain’t for Sissies « You Got to be Kidding's Blog 2009

  • The other, called the derriere, is the cheapest, but is generally filled with low people.

    Letters and Journals 01 Morse, Samuel F B 1914

  • In "Culo," Miami's Cuban reggaeton / hip-hip superstar delivers a tribute, much like Mos Def, to the "culo," better known as derriere or ass.

    LAist 2009

  • No serving politician deserves that kind of derriere-smooch, especially since it simply isn't true.

    The People's Paper for Leader Worship Ed Hollett 2007

  • -- Language: About a dozen mild expletives and a crude three-letter word for "derriere" are used.

    ScrippsNews SHNS 2010

  • -- Language: About a dozen mild expletives and a crude three-letter word for "derriere" are used.

    ScrippsNews 2010

  • The highbrow study claims to demonstrate the huge contribution the "derriere" has made to civilisation, mixing the views of top psychoanalysts, philosophers, scientists and artists.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Headmasters for giving ‘me’ derriere 6 of the best for smoking behind the loo.

    Teenager charged with pigeon death « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • Without a pause, and before my Dominican-derriere hit the chair, I put on my best Charo accent, "Do I es'eem Es-panic do ju 'now?"

    Carmen Wong Ulrich: Color Me Right: Sharron Angle, 'Asian' Is Not a Compliment Carmen Wong Ulrich 2010

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  • Also, in French, the polite response to thanks.

    October 1, 2008

  • They ain't broke, so they put on airs,

    the faux folks sans derrieres

    They breathe coke and have affairs

    with each passing rock star

    They come on like squares

    then get off like squirrels

    I hate California girls

    (California girls, by The Magnetic Fields)

    February 27, 2011