How do you buck a nun?

[morosco]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 9:31am

When Merman lost the tony to Mary Martin, who was playing Maria in Sound of Music, Merman mused, "How can you buck a nun"?

What does it mean to "buck" someone?

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 9:48am

Are you certain it was Buck? With a B?

[Kringas]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 9:49am

My first thought was "buck" as in bucking bronco, to throw off, but I just checked dictionary.com and apparently it's also used to colloquially to mean "to object."

[p.s.]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 9:51am

From on-line dictionary:

v.tr.
1. To throw or toss by bucking: buck off a rider; bucked the packsaddle off its back.
2. To oppose directly and stubbornly; go against: "Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the country, is bucking the trend" (American Demographics).

buck synonyms
verb
To take a stand against: challenge, contest, dispute, oppose, resist, traverse.


p.s. I can't imagine any other meaning.

[morosco]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:09am

Simple as that. Thanks everyone. For some reason I kept thinking that it was a joking reference to placing a bet or rigging something.

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/23/07 at 10:39am

I keep reading this thread title incorrectly, God help me.