Timeline for Are slang usages of "bud" common?
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 14, 2015 at 8:44 | comment | added | Silver Quettier | Thank you all for your input. I accepted sojourner's answer, but every answer and comment was useful. We went with leaf in the end, sacrificing semantic exactitude for the sake of the non-native english speakers in our users. | |
| Feb 14, 2015 at 8:42 | vote | accept | Silver Quettier | ||
| Feb 5, 2015 at 15:00 | answer | added | sojourner | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 14:43 | comment | added | Patrick Wood | Bud sounds fine to me for your purpose. If you had a cute little graphic that would make the possibility of ambiguity even more remote. | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 13:54 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | Twigs come from branches. | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 12:01 | answer | added | WhatRoughBeast | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 12:00 | comment | added | Frank |
Users of this site may belong to a specific demographic Yes, I think you are right; a demographic that understands words within the context. Most people on here are unlikely to ever do a Beavis & Butthead style huh huh huh, he said 'bud' when it's clear it's botanical and not prepubescent breasts, clitorises, marijuana or even beer. Be that as it may, I'll add huh huh huh, you said 'service', huh huh huh. No word is safe.
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| Feb 5, 2015 at 11:47 | answer | added | Oldbag | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 11:41 | comment | added | Silver Quettier | From the comments so far it seems the less kids-friendly uses of bud are not as widespread as I thought. Or maybe there's a bias. Users of this site may belong to a specific demographic sheltered from some slang usages? This could be an interesting meta question. | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 11:20 | comment | added | Dan | Aside from it's botanical sense, I mostly know bud as an informal and friendly way of addressing a (usually male) stranger (Bristol, England) | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 10:45 | comment | added | Adrian W | Being from Canada, I have never heard the term "bud" applied to either cannabis or clitorides. I see no reason not to use it. Moreover, in the context of a tree which your product will be presented in, there is only one possible understanding of a "bud." | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 10:41 | comment | added | Erik Kowal | If the context you are providing unambiguously refers to buds in a way that makes it perverse to interpret them as having any connection with cannabis or clitorises, then there should be no problem. | |
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| Feb 5, 2015 at 10:31 | comment | added | mplungjan | I would say no. First time I hear either usage. Closer to butt :) | |
| Feb 5, 2015 at 10:30 | history | asked | Silver Quettier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |