To be unfeasibly annoyed about the sudden ubiquity of the word 'onesie'?

[Hulagirl]

It's one of those 'Americanisation of language' things. Didn't it use to be called a babygro, or, if adults wear them (shudder), an all-in-one? When did it suddenly change to being called a onesie? And why wasn't I consulted?!

Dd calls hers a romper suit.

For romping in :) I like that.

Never heard of Onesie! Only onesize, which I always read as the manufacturer not being bothered to make clothes that fit.

I've never used nor heard such a word. Hardly ubiquitous.

Try the 'hospital bag' thread under Pregnancy on here... plus I keep hearing adults talking about wearing them. Must just be the circles I move in :)

I am unfeasibly annoyed about the sudden ubiquity of these being deemed acceptable wear for adults!

I agree - the onesie sayers are getting it all wrong anyway - a onesie is a vest with poppers at the crotch, not a babygro. I saw a WAG-style new bride wearing one at breakfast in a smartish hotel, with Uggs - vile.

I have a baby-gro (or grow bag as my parents always called them) for wearing when I am camping, especially in November!
When I wore it on a Church camping holiday last year, some of my friends called it a 'onesie' I had never heard that before.

According to my Mum, a romper doesn't have feet, and is for daytime, a babygro does have feet, and is for sleeping in.

A vest with poppers is a body suit.

A onesie is the marvellous clothing item I bought from Primark that makes me look like Po from the Tellytubbies.

I consider 'onesies' to be babygros in bigger sizes. Me and the dds all have Primarni onesies.

YY, couldn't agree more. Not only are they wronger than Alan Sugar naked but the word itself is irritating. It sounds like something from Scrubs or similar crappiness.

Shuddup "sue"

You'd do Jezza, remember?

I will spend the rest of the evening using brain-bleach to get rid of the image of Alan Sugar naked- aaargh

YANBU.

I quite fancy buying one, but the word 'onesie' makes my teeth itch.

I'd do Jezza IF IT WAS SHAG OR DIE.
Not as a positive choice.

If you don't wear pants and ventilate regularly your teeth are not the only things that will itch in a nylon Primark onesie.

OK sue whatever you say...... we're not here to judge

i'm in my cow onesie right now.

I have a 'sleepysuit' my dh bought me, don't judge until you try it.....it's amazing, especially in an old house in winter. Wouldn't refer to it as a onesie but sleepysuit is probably just as irritating.

I have only ever heard my American friend use it so don't think many British people say it.

Which Jezza would SuePurbly do? Surely not Clarkson??

VileKyle, not Clarkson Bluestocking. But I wouldn't want to. On the JK thread, I said that I would do him over Matthew Wrong, if it was shag or die.

'Onesies' in Canada are vests/bodysuits and here they call babygrows 'pyjamas'. In fact one of my friends also refers to pyjamas in the singular, which just sounds plain peculiar to me, as in, "go upstairs and get your pyjama" or, "that's a nice pyjama". I am sticking to vests and babygrows, which will confuse them as a 'vest' is like a waistcoat or gillet.

I'm the one that would do Clarkson, not even for shag and die, just shag

I'm at a funny age

I think it is from Scrubs - jd was wearing "adult onesies" years ago!