History of Mooning

Origin of the term MOON as it relates to the exposure of one's unclothed posterior in a rude an offensive manner:

During the latter portion of the second century, in what is now Northern England, a nomadic band of barbaric heathens began worshiping the Moon. Their simple thought patterns equated phases of the moon to metaphysical messages from a divine source.

When the moon became full this group of vagabond savages would form a circle around an open pit fire, remove their torn and tattered loin cloths and pointed their naked posteriors toward the moon. Immediately following the ceremony the moon worshipers would drink a potion and shout in unison a cryptic phrase which was later translated to the term we now know as “bottoms up.” The purpose of this ritual is not completely understood. One theory is that it was designed to create transference of energy from the moon to their exposed buttocks. Once the transfer was complete they could at a later time figuratively strike and ridicule an enemy by exposing their moon-enriched back side to a person or persons considered to be much less worthy . Thus the revealed posterior was designed to humiliate the persons to whom it was pointed and served as a declaration of superiority over those who had not participated in the moon ceremony.

Less primitive Anglo-Saxon tribesmen considered this practice to be offensive and believed the worshipers to be crazy. The connection to the moon created the term lunatic which is a derivation of lunar. Today we refer to lunatics as looney and these moon worshipers have become the literal butt of countless aspersions.