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, whether also exposing the genitals
or not. Mooning is used in the English speaking world to express
protest, scorn, disrespect, or provocation, or can be done for shock
value, fun, a joke or as a form of exhibitionism.Some jurisdictions
regard mooning to be indecent exposure, sometimes depending on the
context.Moon has been a common shape metaphor for the buttocks in
English since 1743, and the verb to moon has meant "to expose to
(moon)light" since 1601. As documented by McLaren, "'mooning', or
exposing one's butt to shame an enemy ... had a long pedigree in
peasant culture" throughout the Middle Ages, and in many nations.
"Mooning" is also defined as "wandering idly" and "romantically
pining".Although the practice of mooning was widespread by the 19th
century, the Oxford English Dictionary dates the use of "moon" and
"mooning" to describe the act to student slang of the 1960s, when the
gesture became increasingly popular among students at universities in
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