Buck is an obsolete term for a black man with a great physique.
Hear of ‘young buck’ my whole life with no racial implication.
Thanks, I didn’t know that. I thought that a “handsome young buck” just meant that a guy was good looking. Had no idea there was ever a racial connotation to it.
Well, I can’t see Rush getting in trouble for it because I don’t think that’s what he meant. But who knows. He’s always in trouble for something.
What's the current term for a mulatto with man-boobs? Obama.
Like the Milwaukee Bucks?
b. A gay, dashing fellow; a dandy, fop, ‘fast’ man. Used also as a form of familiar address.Interesting is the origin of pass the buck, which doesn't have anything to do with a unit of money:
c. slang. (see quot.) 1851 MAYHEW Lond. Labour 362 (Hoppe) The bucks are unlicensed cabdrivers who are employed by those who have a license to take charge of the cab while the regular drivers are at their meals.
d. A man: applied to native Indians of S. America, and to any male Indian, Negro, or Aboriginal. So buck Aborigine, Indian, Maori, Negro, nigger. Also (illogically) buck-woman. Chiefly U.S.
An article used in the game of poker; to pass the buck (see quot. 1887). U.S. 1865 Weekly New Mexican 14 July 1/3 They draw at the commissary, and at poker after they have passed the ‘buck’. 1872 ‘MARK TWAIN’ Roughing It xlvii. 332, I reckon I can't call that hand. Ante and pass the buck. 1887 J. W. KELLER Draw Poker 38 They resort to the bold and ludicrous experiment of ‘passing the buck’. The ‘buck’ is any inanimate object, usually knife or pencil, which is thrown into a jack pot and temporarily taken by the winner of the pot. Whenever the deal reaches the holder of the ‘buck’, a new jack pot must be made.