Panties (in American English, also called pants, undies or knickers in British English) are a form of women’s underwear.
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What is the other name of panties?
What is another word for panties?
| knickers | briefs |
|---|---|
| underwear | undies |
| lingerie | underclothes |
| undergarment | underpants |
| bikini briefs | bikini bottoms |
What do the Brits call panties?
Knickers. Knickers is actually a standard word for underwear, mainly in Britain, but we include it here because of its surprising connection to professional basketball.
Why do Americans call them panties?
Literally: “little pants.” The suffix puts it in the same category as “booties” and “blankies”—words often associated with small children. In fact, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of “panties” is from a 1908 set of instructions for making doll clothes.
What do you call bras and panties?
Lingerie as a word was first used to refer to underwear and bras in 1922. Informal usage suggests visually appealing or even erotic clothing. Although most lingerie is designed to be worn by women, some manufacturers now design lingerie for men.
What is knickers slang?
(Eventually, it became a nickname for anyone from New York and, much later, the name of a New York basketball team). Knickers is a short way of referring to the pants called knickerbockers. This use was once common in the U.S. But in the U.K., knickers are always underwear.
What are thongs called in UK?
Etymology. Although the Beach Boys 1964 song All Summer Long mentions “T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs”, the term flip-flop has been used in American and British English since the 1960s to describe the thong or no-heel-strap sandal.
What are women’s undergarments called?
Women’s undergarments collectively are also called lingerie. They also are called intimate clothing and intimates. An undershirt (vest in the United Kingdom) is a piece of underwear covering the torso, while underpants (pants in the United Kingdom), drawers, and undershorts cover the genitals and buttocks.
What is the singular of panties?
Panties is a plural noun. It’s the short for pants. In the same way, things like “glasses”, “spectacles”, “goggles”, “tweezers”, “scissors”, etc are always in plural form and will always have a two-ness about them. If you want to refer to panties as singular, just add “a pair of” in front of it.
What does Cockwomble mean?
A foolish or obnoxious person
Noun. cockwomble (countable and uncountable, plural cockwombles) (UK, slang, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.
What are French knickers called?
tap pants
French knickers (also called tap pants in the United States) are a type of women’s underwear or lingerie. The term is predominantly used in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia to describe a style of underpant that is similar in look to a pair of shorts.
What is meant by plus fours?
Definition of plus fours
: loose sports knickers made four inches longer than ordinary knickers.
Why is it called G String?
The origin is uncertain. The earliest citation is as American English “gee string” (1878 )for a loincloth,or breechcloth, but probably once just the *string* holding up the cloth, as worn by AmerInds, rather than the whole ‘garment’ (which I suppose the modern version is, in the briefest possible way).
What do Australians call thongs?
flip-flops
In the USA a thong is a piece of underwear. In Australia, it’s what they call flip-flops. Sometimes they also call them “double-pluggers”.
Why is bra singular but panties plural?
Bra is a shortening of brassiere which is another word for the whole chest; of which someone only has one. As for panties, they are a diminutive form of pants, and a single pant only refers to one leg. The legs used to be tied on separately so you would need a pair of them to make pants.
What is the plural of bra?
bra /ˈbrɑː/ noun. plural bras.
Is Obnoxion a word?
It’s a very hard-to-ignore quality. Which leaves us with the obnoxion of English derivational morphology. There are plenty of people who would like obnoxion to be a word in regular use; just Google it and you’ll see.
What does the word Womble mean?
noun. /ˈwɒmbl/ /ˈwɑːmbl/ any of a group of imaginary animals with long fur and long noses.
What is a Brazilian thong?
WHAT ARE BRAZILIAN KNICKERS? Brazilian knickers have a high leg cut and sit low across the hips. The Brazilian cut takes inspiration from the barely-there swimwear favoured on the beaches of Rio. The Brazilian knicker gives you slightly less coverage than a classic knicker brief, but more than a thong!
What do French call bras?
“Un soutien-gorge” is a bra.
Note that “un soutien-gorge” becomes “des soutiens-gorge” in the plural, with an S at soutien, but no change for gorge.