What Does Mooning Mean?
Mooning Is the Act of Displaying One's Bare Buttocks by Removing Clothing, E. G. , by Lowering the Backside of One's Trousers and Underpants, Usually Bending...
Mooning is the act of displaying one's bare buttocks by removing clothing, e.g., by lowering the backside of one's trousers and underpants, usually bending over, and also potentially exposing the genitals.
What is mooning a person?
verb, slang To expose one's bare buttocks (to someone) as a prank or insult. Our six-year-old has become obsessed with mooning people.
Why do they call it mooning?
The Oxford English Dictionary dates moon and mooning to student slang of the 1960s, when the gesture became increasingly popular at American universities. The term derives from the use of moon or moons as slang for the bare buttocks, a usage that dates back as far as the 18th century.
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