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[–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Apparently, buck used to be a slur in the US for a black or Native American man.

A suggested etymology for buck naked is that it refers to the the nude state of black men when they were sold at slave auctions. AFAIK it's not attested anywhere, just a hypothesis.

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