freeze your butt off

Date: Apr 09 2009
Category: Slang

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“I’m freezing my butt off for a good cause!”

- Jason on attending an extreme fund raiser in a very cold river.

2. Video - Watch the video before learning the definition.

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Quote

“I’m freezing my butt off for a good cause!”

- Jason on attending an extreme fund raiser in a very cold river.

Definition

to be really cold, so cold you can’t feel your butt

Use

Everyone knows that when you get really cold, you start to lose feeling in different parts of your body. First your fingers and toes get numb. Your ears and nose get cold too if they’re not covered. But your butt? That’s a pretty big part of your body. You have to be really cold for your butt to get numb. That’s why any time you’re really cold, you can say, “I’m freezing my butt off!”

But, let’s see…what could actually make you so cold you can’t feel your butt? What could cause you to really freeze your butt off? How about jumping into a freezing cold river in the winter?

Well, that’s what Jason did just to demonstrate the meaning of freeze your butt off, and to raise money for the Special Olympics. And he wasn’t alone. Hundreds of other people froze their butts off with him, raising thousands of dollars for the charity and creating our first edition of Extreme English, baby!

Examples

“I’ve been freezing my butt off in line for this movie for an hour. I hope it’s really good!”

“It’s snowing out there. You must be freezing your butt off. Come inside and get warm.”

Winners

Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

	be cold by blue_bear
	u r cold n ur butt is too! by vikiD
	feel really cold by silverwicce
	very cold by EmmaA
	to feel a cold temperature in the body by VOLTS
	SHEEVER AND COLD by Vivian83
	i think he feel cold maybe he by vinacaphe

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04:06 PM Oct 09 2009 \| Reply
nickyfat China	Wow, this is crazy, but I must say this is pretty normal in China, especially in the Northerneast China, I am from there, btw, many people, mostly in their 60s and evern older, like this, they're crazy about this. It seems extreme to some people, like me, but to them, it is a kind of way to relax and to make themselves healthy. Winter swim is ummm… good for your health, but I would say no if anyone asks me to join them, 'cuz I don't want to freeze my butt off! That's important! LOL_~~ And there's something else I wanna say to everyone in eBaby, I must say you guys are amazing, yeah, I can tell from this video. It is extreme to do something like that! OMG, you guys rock! And thanks for the defination of Freeze Your Butt Off! And poor Jason, you have to use your body to help us understand what the meaning of the this COLD phrase, thanks a lot, everyone, again!

04:06 PM Oct 09 2009 | Reply

nickyfat

China

Wow, this is crazy, but I must say this is pretty normal in China, especially in the Northerneast China, I am from there, btw, many people, mostly in their 60s and evern older, like this, they're crazy about this. It seems extreme to some people, like me, but to them, it is a kind of way to relax and to make themselves healthy. Winter swim is ummm… good for your health, but I would say no if anyone asks me to join them, 'cuz I don't want to freeze my butt off! That's important! LOL_~~

And there's something else I wanna say to everyone in eBaby, I must say you guys are amazing, yeah, I can tell from this video. It is extreme to do something like that! OMG, you guys rock! And thanks for the defination of Freeze Your Butt Off! And poor Jason, you have to use your body to help us understand what the meaning of the this COLD phrase, thanks a lot, everyone, again!

12:27 PM May 21 2009 \| Reply
Mira_Memoir Egypt	That was really EXTREME! :D

12:27 PM May 21 2009 | Reply

Mira_Memoir

Egypt

That was really EXTREME! :D

08:48 AM May 16 2009 \| Reply
duminhsang Viet Nam	There is very funny. I like swimming but not in winter. I hate winter because it's very cold.

08:48 AM May 16 2009 | Reply

duminhsang

Viet Nam

There is very funny. I like swimming but not in winter. I hate winter because it's very cold.

12:42 AM May 16 2009 \| Reply
Mynote Thailand	Always remember to wear a helmet! Very thoughful of you Jason!

12:42 AM May 16 2009 | Reply

Mynote

Thailand

Always remember to wear a helmet! Very thoughful of you Jason!

03:54 AM May 04 2009 \| Reply
pound19 Thailand

03:54 AM May 04 2009 | Reply

pound19

Thailand

03:43 AM May 04 2009 \| Reply
galliani Turkey	why has he a helmet?it is very unnecessary

03:43 AM May 04 2009 | Reply

galliani

Turkey

why has he a helmet?it is very unnecessary

04:22 PM May 03 2009 \| Reply
saddam_zedan Yemen	i haven't got my butt off yet,but i think it has something is fanny. freeze your butt off to be numb. hhhhhhhhhhh

04:22 PM May 03 2009 | Reply

saddam_zedan

Yemen

i haven't got my butt off yet,but i think it has something is fanny.

freeze your butt off to be numb.

hhhhhhhhhhh

02:53 AM Apr 24 2009 \| Reply
xx-Huseyin-xx Turkey	Thanks for showing us what "frozen your butt off" means XD

02:53 AM Apr 24 2009 | Reply

xx-Huseyin-xx

Turkey

Thanks for showing us what "frozen your butt off" means XD

11:28 AM Apr 20 2009 \| Reply
fabrizia Brazil	loved it… kkk

11:28 AM Apr 20 2009 | Reply

fabrizia

Brazil

loved it… kkk

09:00 AM Apr 20 2009 \| Reply
Abdoulaye alseny United States	thanks a million every body in e Baby!!!!!!

09:00 AM Apr 20 2009 | Reply

Abdoulaye alseny

United States

thanks a million every body in e Baby!!!!!!

04:02 AM Apr 20 2009 \| Reply
galliani Turkey	excelent

04:02 AM Apr 20 2009 | Reply

galliani

Turkey

excelent

12:35 PM Apr 19 2009 \| Reply
siliababy Bulgaria	regards from bulgaria

12:35 PM Apr 19 2009 | Reply

siliababy

Bulgaria

regards from bulgaria

10:26 PM Apr 17 2009 \| Reply
khinesu Myanmar

10:26 PM Apr 17 2009 | Reply

khinesu

Myanmar

06:32 PM Apr 17 2009 \| Reply
daankii China	天哪！

06:32 PM Apr 17 2009 | Reply

daankii

China

天哪！

12:37 AM Apr 17 2009 \| Reply
ariamo France	In France we have the same kind of sentence, with the same meaning. We are freezing our butt off, in winter, when we are waiting outside for someone or something to happen.

12:37 AM Apr 17 2009 | Reply

ariamo

France

In France we have the same kind of sentence, with the same meaning. We are freezing our butt off, in winter, when we are waiting outside for someone or something to happen.