Why are the Pirates referred to as the Bucs?

Question

Why are the Pirates referred to as the Bucs?

Answer 1

Buccaneers

Answer 2

Buc is short for buccaneer which is a simile for pirate.

Answer 3

I guess Pirates is another word for Buccaneers or vice versa.

Answer 4

...short for Buccaneers.

Answer 5

It stands for Buccaneers, which is basically a pirate.

Answer 6

pirates and buccanears are the same thing

Answer 7

A Buccaneer is a specific type of pirate found in Hispaniola in the 17th century

Answer 8

bucs is a contracted form for buccaneers

The buccaneers were pirates who attacked Spanish, French, and Dutch shipping in the Caribbean Islands during the late 17th century.

The term buccaneer is now used generally as a synonym for pirate. Originally, buccaneer crews were larger, more apt to attack coastal cities, and more localized to the Caribbean than later pirate crews who sailed to the Indian Ocean on the Pirate Round in the late 17th century.

Answer 9

Pirates are also referred to as Buccaneers. You know, like in the old movies.