naked/half naked

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10Do you call a topless woman half naked/naked? What about a woman without panties?12br
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10In both cases, half-naked. 0-

0She's topless.02br
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00Half-naked could also be seen to mean wearing very few clothes - only undergarments, for example, or even very revealing clothing.02br
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00Mother to teenage daughter, who comes down wearing a skimpy dress: You go upstairs and change right this minute, young lady. I won't have you running around town half-naked.02br
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0I thought the previous sentence provided enough context to make the reader think she was bottomless when I said that. Clearly, that's not the case.02br
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00I should have said bottomless. Thanks!0-

0er, no, sorry one of those little quirks again.02br
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00Topless - wearing nothing above the waist.02br
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00But wearing nothing below the waist - there isn't a word for this. 'Bottomless' would just confuse people.02br
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00And the only phrase I can think of for someone not wearing pants/knickers but who are wearing outer clothe

0"Bottomless" has come to be used (in the US at least) as a synonym for nude. 01a05000 02a00, see the third definition. I think this started as one club trying to outdo another---"their dancers are topless--- well hey, ours are topless and BOTTOMLESS!" 02br
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0It wasn't that many years ago when "topless" was not a word with it's present meaning. "Bottomless" appears frequently in news items discussing neighborhood legal battles to restrict or close certain bars. But I agree this usually implies "nude."0-

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00Context is everything, of course.02br
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00But let's not forget that these words have other meanings, eg a topless container, a bottomless pit.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

0 A bottomless pit is very deep as if it had no bottom, right?02br
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00A topless container is without a lid, right?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes.02br
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00Clive0-

0I must get in at least one song lyric -02br
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01i00My love has no bottom my love has no top02i0-