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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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pants/knickers/briefs

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00I know that knickers it's something that women wear, and it is used in BrE.02br
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00How about pants and briefs? Can they mean the same, or one of them is longer and the other shorter? Are these two American words?02br
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00Since knickers is the word used by the British (and it's something for women), what, then, is the counterpart of knickers in AmE?010id1
  

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02br 00In my AmE, 01i 00briefs, jockey shorts (jockeys), boxer shorts (boxers), underwear02i 00 and 01i 00underpants02i 00 are the main male undergarments. 02i 02br 02br 00I am sure that other members will come up with other euphemisms. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00In my AmE, 01i 00briefs, jockey shorts (jockeys), boxer shorts (boxers), underwear02i 00 and 01i 00underpants02i 00 are the main male undergarments.
  • 02i 02br 02br 00I am sure that other members will come up with other euphemisms.
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00In my AmE, 01i00briefs, jockey shorts (jockeys), boxer shorts (boxers), underwear02i00 and 01i00underpants02i00 are the main male undergarments. Women wear 01i00undies, underwear 02i00or 01i00underpants02i00 as well.02br
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10On the other hand, 11i10pants = slacks, trousers.12i12br
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10Right! I forgot that pants in AmE can mean the same as trousers 050010id5
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Mister Micawbern the other hand, pants = slacks, trousers.
There is a difference between American and British English use, here. Americans use the words pants and slacks to mean what British people call trousers. Pants in British English, means what Americans call underpants.
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