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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 3, 2017 7:48:31 GMT -6
Nugget's current book obsession is Aliens Love Underpants and pointing out peoples' underwear (really just mine and J's when we are in the bathroom), and it got me thinking about all the terms we use for what we wear under our pants (Are they regional? Cultural? Both?), so what do you call them?
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Post by brandiewine11 on Aug 3, 2017 7:51:36 GMT -6
We now call them underpants courtesy of Dinosaurs Love Underpants. I used to say underwear.
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 3, 2017 8:03:30 GMT -6
We now call them underpants courtesy of Dinosaurs Love Underpants. I used to say underwear. Haha same here! I used underwear and underpants pretty interchangeably, but Underpants more often now she's into this book. Or just undies. I haaaate the word panties, though. |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 3, 2017 8:05:47 GMT -6
Also I apparently need to get Dinosaurs Love Underpants, too. She calls Aliens Love Underpants the "pants" book and insists on pointing to all the underpants on the inside covers so I can say what color/pattern they are.
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Post by charlotte on Aug 3, 2017 8:36:53 GMT -6
We say undies/underwear.
I have an aversion to the word panties.
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Post by kona on Aug 3, 2017 8:52:30 GMT -6
We saw undies/underwear. I have an aversion to the word panties. +1 |
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Post by sassyq on Aug 3, 2017 8:58:47 GMT -6
I use ubderwear/underpants pretty interchangeably, but I do admit that sometimes when I use underpants i say it boy meets world style "uhn-da-pantsssss" lol
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Post by tj on Aug 3, 2017 9:11:23 GMT -6
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 3, 2017 9:34:03 GMT -6
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Post by milano on Aug 3, 2017 9:47:01 GMT -6
Nothing yet because both kids are still in diapers (potty training is the worst), but I'll probably call them underwear.
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Post by ovenrack on Aug 3, 2017 11:09:48 GMT -6
Nothing yet because both kids are still in diapers (potty training is the worst), but I'll probably call them underwear. You never make reference to your own undergarments? |
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Post by milano on Aug 3, 2017 14:12:46 GMT -6
Nothing yet because both kids are still in diapers (potty training is the worst), but I'll probably call them underwear. You never make reference to your own undergarments? Not to my kids? It's just never come up I guess. I thought that is what this thread was about, maybe I misread. In normal daily conversation I say underwear. |
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Post by mimsy on Aug 4, 2017 8:00:34 GMT -6
Undies or undiepants
My mil says panties and I cringe every time.
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Post by mapleme on Aug 4, 2017 8:03:17 GMT -6
I have a British friend who calls them pants and she said that it was so weird for her when she moved to the States and everyone would make references to their pants (that she would call trousers).
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 4, 2017 8:21:31 GMT -6
I have a British friend who calls them pants and she said that it was so weird for her when she moved to the States and everyone would make references to their pants (that she would call trousers). Also, in England, "Fanny" is not a word for butt, but rather a word for vulva/vagina etc. Makes Fanny packs sound all kinds of interesting... |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Aug 4, 2017 12:23:36 GMT -6
Skivies. Or undies. Or underwear.
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Post by ovenrack on Aug 4, 2017 12:37:05 GMT -6
You never make reference to your own undergarments? Not to my kids? It's just never come up I guess. I thought that is what this thread was about, maybe I misread. In normal daily conversation I say underwear. I guess I assumed it was just about what we generally call them. To anyone. Also it didn't occur to me that one would have different words for them to their kids versus to... anyone else. |
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Post by Dramaphile on Aug 4, 2017 12:41:55 GMT -6
Not to my kids? It's just never come up I guess. I thought that is what this thread was about, maybe I misread. In normal daily conversation I say underwear. I guess I assumed it was just about what we generally call them. To anyone. Also it didn't occur to me that one would have different words for them to their kids versus to... anyone else. I would say I'm more likely to say Underwear to an adult and Underpants or Undies to a kid (or a close friend). |
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Post by chickypoo2468 on Aug 4, 2017 19:16:43 GMT -6
Oh see IMO underwear=underpants
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Post by jnu76 on Aug 5, 2017 18:23:09 GMT -6
I just bought J new underwear at Target yesterday. He was lovingly carrying them through the store and using his Loud Voice to ask me if I liked his new underpants.
I think they'll be underpants for me forever now because it's a fun word.
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Post by richaroo on Aug 6, 2017 5:59:44 GMT -6
Normally undies but sometimes skivies to lovingly tease DH since he hates that word.
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