tochus

Where you sit

Tochus is Yiddish-derived slang for the buttocks, sometimes spelled tuchus, tuchis, or tookus.

The word is common in American Jewish households and has spread into broader informal American English: Get off your tochus and help me.

It's mildly humorous and inoffensive—a word you might use around children.

humor

sit

Rest on a seat

  • plopSoft dropping sound
  • cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
  • chairSingle-person sitting furniture

couch · whoopee · spank · kick · pinch · waddle · wiggle · jiggle · pants · underwear

anatomy

buttocks

Fleshy seat area

backside · rump · posterior · seat · derriere · bum · hindquarters · cheeks · glutes · tush

yiddish

schmaltz

Poultry fat or sentimentality

  • chutzpahShameless, admirable audacity
  • schmuckObnoxious, contemptible person
  • putzFoolish, worthless person

tuchas · bubbe · mensch · kvetch · shtick · kibitz · nosh · schlemiel · shtetl · mamaloshen

Opposites
body position (front vs. back)

tochusfront

Forward-facing side

groin · crotch · belly · stomach · abdomen

body verticality (top vs. bottom)

tochushead

Uppermost body part

face · noggin · crown · scalp

register/formality

tochusbuttocks

Fleshy seat area

gluteus maximus · posterior · fundament

Family

tuchus, tuchis, tokus, tookus

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG