Was pants a bad word in England?
TIL that in England in the 1800’s, ‘Pants’ was considered a dirty word. Well, technically it still is, because over here “pants” are what you wear under trousers. Obviously it’s not swear word of the century, but it’s more “dirty” than it is in ‘Murika. Pants are the English word for the American “Panties”.Click to…
TIL that in England in the 1800’s, ‘Pants’ was considered a dirty word. Well, technically it still is, because over here “pants” are what you wear under trousers. Obviously it’s not swear word of the century, but it’s more “dirty” than it is in ‘Murika. Pants are the English word for the American “Panties”.Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, what is pants in British slang?In the UK “Pants” typically refers to underwear. (Where it is also a slang term for “bad”. As in “That’s pants”.) In other parts of the world, notably the USA, “pants” refers to trousers. why do Brits say pants? First off, some people in the north do say pants when they are talking about trousers. It’s not terribly clear where this usage comes from, but it may be related to a British public school expression, a pile of old pants, meaning something smelly and useless. Similarly one may ask, which century in England was pants considered a dirty word? In England, in the 1880’s, ‘Pants’ was considered a dirty word.What are pants short for? History and Etymology for pants Noun. short for pantaloons.
