People have been using belly button to mean “navel” since the late 1800s. Your nose has been your schnozz since the 1940s, and your hooter since the 50s. Booty has been dated back as far as 1928. Guys have been comparing their guns since 1973, and their pecs since 1949.
For a fun article with thirty slang terms for various body parts such as a bowsprit or a salt-cellar check out http://mentalfloss.com/article/58752/30-old-and-useful-slang-names-parts-body
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