By 
Jessica Oreck
 | 
TED-Ed Original

Mysteries of vernacular: Keister

Originally meaning a woven container the word keister has roots all over the place. The devil's tool box? Sure. A safe? That too. So how did it become associated with the buttochs? Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel get to the bottom of the word keister.

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