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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01:31 AM Apr 10 2009 \| Reply
anhtruong Viet Nam	vietnam

01:31 AM Apr 10 2009 | Reply

anhtruong

Viet Nam

vietnam

01:14 AM Apr 10 2009 \| Reply
UniverseINF Ukraine	In ukraine we have a lake with the temperature 4C the whole year :)

01:14 AM Apr 10 2009 | Reply

UniverseINF

Ukraine

In ukraine we have a lake with the temperature 4C the whole year :)

12:52 AM Apr 10 2009 \| Reply
little cherry Lithuania	Really extreme lesson ;DD

12:52 AM Apr 10 2009 | Reply

little cherry

Lithuania

Really extreme lesson ;DD

07:31 PM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
susihayati Indonesia	In the past time i had experienced to dipped in 40 degrees cel. hot pool and on the other side there was pool with icy cold water, after dipping from hot pool then moved to the cold pool that freezed my butt off.

07:31 PM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

susihayati

Indonesia

In the past time i had experienced to dipped in 40 degrees cel. hot pool and on the other side there was pool with icy cold water, after dipping from hot pool then moved to the cold pool that freezed my butt off.

05:30 PM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Fausta Italy	2 years ago I was in Montreal and I froze my butt off waiting for a bus, it was -39 C

05:30 PM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Fausta

Italy

2 years ago I was in Montreal and I froze my butt off waiting for a bus, it was -39 C

03:04 PM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
tea1405 Saudi Arabia	hi how are you doing?

03:04 PM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

tea1405

Saudi Arabia

hi how are you doing?

01:06 PM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Gustavo Boechat Brazil	I was wondering if I have such corage to do the same thing,... I don't think so! But I really appreciated the courage which lead the reporter into the cold water. While I am warm here, he completely froze his butt off …

01:06 PM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Gustavo Boechat

Brazil

I was wondering if I have such corage to do the same thing,... I don't think so!

But I really appreciated the courage which lead the reporter into the cold water.

While I am warm here, he completely froze his butt off …

11:12 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Christoph07 Germany	Wow …...cool….:-) pretty lesson with a good movie and a nice benefit action.

11:12 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Christoph07

Germany

Wow …...cool….:-) pretty lesson with a good movie and a nice benefit action.

09:52 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
diddy k Germany	I wouldn't do such crazy things…

09:52 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

diddy k

Germany

I wouldn't do such crazy things…

09:30 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
volts0621 Taiwan	So sad, I wana try freeze my butt off too. I can't imagine that.

09:30 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

volts0621

Taiwan

So sad, I wana try freeze my butt off too.

I can't imagine that.

08:41 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Yingqiu China	In Calgary, it is easy to freeze your butt off in the winter if you wear nothing. LOL

08:41 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Yingqiu

China

In Calgary, it is easy to freeze your butt off in the winter if you wear nothing. LOL

08:40 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
mi young South Korea	wow, I never can do that… ; ; Eventhough I just saw the video, I seemed like freezing my butt off. I remember one day when I went to another city to see birds, and it was very cold and long way to walk. I freezed my butt off and it was the coldest i've ever experienced.

08:40 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

mi young

South Korea

wow, I never can do that… ; ;

Eventhough I just saw the video, I seemed like freezing my butt off.

I remember one day when I went to another city to see birds, and it was very cold and long way to walk.

I freezed my butt off and it was the coldest i've ever experienced.

08:33 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Jiyada Thailand	I like to feel freezing my butt off but my country never has snow or even cold.

08:33 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Jiyada

Thailand

I like to feel freezing my butt off but my country never has snow or even cold.

08:03 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
duwaissr Saudi Arabia	For anybody wana to try the freeing butt off, he can use the refrigerator. About me I felt it in Austria last summer there is a summit (I forget what they call it) and it a very nice summit and it is easy to get freeze your butt off there.

08:03 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

duwaissr

Saudi Arabia

For anybody wana to try the freeing butt off, he can use the refrigerator. About me I felt it in Austria last summer there is a summit (I forget what they call it) and it a very nice summit and it is easy to get freeze your butt off there.

08:00 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Rose. Saudi Arabia	nice experinace in some day i'll do it

08:00 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Rose.

Saudi Arabia

nice experinace

in some day i'll do it

07:28 AM Apr 09 2009 \| Reply
Bullet Russian Federation	That`s cheerful lesson. Soon I`ll go to the river with my friends, we`ll float on the catamarans. The river very cold and very fast and I need in warm diving suit because I dont want to freeze my butt off

07:28 AM Apr 09 2009 | Reply

Bullet

Russian Federation

That`s cheerful lesson.

Soon I`ll go to the river with my friends, we`ll float on the catamarans. The river very cold and very fast and I need in warm diving suit because I dont want to freeze my butt off