Pantywaist?

[nq:1]I have occasionally heard the word "pantywaist" used as a derogatory adjective, often to describe a "liberal". Why "pantywaist"? I like pantywaist, which I take to refer to the waistband of knickers, because in my experience contingency promises excitement.[/nq]
It's a derogatory term for someone who is seen as effeminate or a sissy. So it doesn't directly mean "liberal" but those who di

[nq:1]I believe a pantywaist (panty-waist) was originally a garment made by attaching a top undergarment (BrE "vest") to underpants.[/nq]
After moving back to the UK, following a couple of years overseas, I managed to create an extraordinary stunned silence in my new workplace by commenting out loud that I was finding my shirt-tail annoying because I kept having to tuck it back into my pants.

[nq:2]I believe a pantywaist (panty-waist) was originally a garment made by attaching a top undergarment (BrE "vest") to underpants.[/nq]
[nq:1]After moving back to the UK, following a couple of years overseas, I managed to create an extraordinary stunned silence ... ever to find myself working in the States; I don't think that I can work any magic with "vest", unfortunately.[/nq]
Tell the

[nq:2]I believe a pantywaist (panty-waist) was originally a garment made by attaching a top undergarment (BrE "vest") to underpants.[/nq]
[nq:1]After moving back to the UK, following a couple of years overseas, I managed to create an extraordinary stunned silence ... ever to find myself working in the States; I don't think that I can work any magic with "vest", unfortunately.[/nq]
Just tel

Andrew Gwilliam put finger to keyboard in this fashion:
[nq:2]I believe a pantywaist (panty-waist) was originally a garment made by attaching a top undergarment (BrE "vest") to underpants.[/nq]
[nq:1]After moving back to the UK, following a couple of years overseas, I managed to create an extraordinary stunned silence ... ever to find myself working in the States; I don't think that I can

[nq:1]Andrew Gwilliam put finger to keyboard in this fashion:[/nq]
[nq:2]After moving back to the UK, following a couple of ... think that I can work any magic with "vest", unfortunately.[/nq]
[nq:1]Wife was an only child. When Son was born, I had to explain to her in strong terms that under ... easier to zip up if the t-shirt were tucked into the trunks. I was incapable of even trying it

Laura F. Spira put finger to keyboard in this fashion:
[nq:2]Andrew Gwilliam put finger to keyboard in this fashion: Wife ... the trunks. I was incapable of even trying it out.[/nq]
[nq:1]Perhaps we should swap: over the years both Son and I have spent quite a lot of time suggesting to Husband that he should untuck.[/nq]
I can't even bear to think about it.

David
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[nq:1]Laura F. Spira put finger to keyboard in this fashion:[/nq]
[nq:2]Perhaps we should swap: over the years both Son and I have spent quite a lot of time suggesting to Husband that he should untuck.[/nq]
[nq:1] I can't even bear to think about it.[/nq]
You weren't hot on John Major, then?

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John Dean wrote on 25 Apr 2005:
[nq:2]I have occasionally heard the word "pantywaist" used as a ... waistband of knickers, because in my experience contingency promises excitement.[/nq]
[nq:1]It's a derogatory term for someone who is seen as effeminate or a sissy. So it doesn't directly mean "liberal" ... hold. I believe a pantywaist (panty-waist) was originally a garment made by attaching

[nq:1]Laura F. Spira put finger to keyboard in this fashion:[/nq]
[nq:2]Perhaps we should swap: over the years both Son and I have spent quite a lot of time suggesting to Husband that he should untuck.[/nq]
[nq:1] I can't even bear to think about it.[/nq]
Rather uncomplimentary...

Laura
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