It would depend on the context.Kuchigakatai wrote: ↑Sun Sep 18, 2022 6:19 pm How do you guys refer to the left or right buttock specifically?
"Ass" in the sense of "gluteus, buttocks" is usually perceived as both those things in the United States; elsewhere in the English-speaking world, the form tends to be arse (Chaucer often spelled it ers). On its own, "cheek" can be ambiguous, but isn't vulgar; "butt cheeks" is what I would expect a child to call them while maybe feeling slightly naughty.I guess the term "cheek" (and ass cheek) exists but it's very informal, probably vulgar.
The body part itself is probably not perceived as the most proper subjects of discussion, but if I needed to refer to that part of the body in formal language, I would use right buttock or left buttock for one of them, or buttocks for the whole apparatus. If I were feeling flowery, I might also coin some nonce description that would have clear meaning from context, but not be in general use (when writing fiction, I tend to do this for things that have names in English derived from real-world figures or places, like replacing sandwich with breadstack).What would you say in a more formal way? Is that the one use you guys might have for "buttock"?
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