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booty scratcher

booty scratcher

9.9
A joking or insulting name for a person who scratches their bottom
  • noun
  • /ˈbuːti ˈskrætʃər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : rascador de culo (vulgar)
  • He got embarrassed when someone referred to him as a booty scratcher at lunch.

Examples

  • She laughed so hard when her friend called her a booty scratcher during the game.

  • She joked that her brother was a booty scratcher after seeing him scratch his backside in public.

  • The kids made up a silly dance and named it the booty scratcher.

  • That guy is such a booty scratcher!

  • I can't believe you just called him a booty scratcher.

  • At the party, everyone laughed when someone pointed out that he was acting like a booty scratcher.

  • During the comedy show, the stand-up comic referred to a friend as a booty scratcher for his silly antics.

Surface Forms

booty scratcher singular
booty scratchers plural

Morphology

booty + scratcher

The noun 'scratcher' (one who scratches) is transparent, and if a learner knows the slang sense of 'booty' as 'buttocks' the composite meaning ('one who scratches their buttocks') is directly derivable. However, 'booty' has another common sense ('treasure') and is informal/slang, so many B1 learners may not know or may misinterpret the intended sense, making the expression only partially predictable.

Etymology

Booty scratcher comes from a simple image: booty means 'butt' and a scratcher is someone who 'scratches', so the phrase jokes about a person who often scratches their butt. That's why today it is used to tease or insult someone for that habit.