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Original poster

you lot confusing me for YEARS by talking about 'vests' for babies when you mean babygros!

118 replies

SaltyGoodness · 04/12/2013 18:08

A vest (or singlet) is THIS

If it has SLEEVES it's a T-shirt

If it has POPPERS at the crotch it's a fucking babygro. Or a onesie, if you must. NOT a fucking VEST.

I am so pissed off that the penny has only just dropped now. You've been confusing me for years on this. Particularly as adults wear vests and in that context it doesn't have bloody poppers at the crotch now, does it!?

OP posts:
SecretSantaFix · 04/12/2013 18:21

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vest

Annonynon · 04/12/2013 18:22

YABU

babies wear a vest (with poppers and short or long sleeves) underneath their babygro

Original poster
SaltyGoodness · 04/12/2013 18:22

IANBU!

Show me a schoolboy/girl in his gym vest and show me the bloody POPPERS at his groinal area, huh? HUH?

OP posts:
SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking · 04/12/2013 18:23

Vest under a babygrow make its a vest.

Accept it and move on

Grin
SPsWantsCliffInHerStocking · 04/12/2013 18:23

They are baby vests that's why they have poppers!

SaucyJack · 04/12/2013 18:24

This is the first thread I've ever been tempted to report due to the sheer amount of bullshit spouted by the OP Hmm

YABVVVVVVU.

Original poster
SaltyGoodness · 04/12/2013 18:24

Thank you secret santa for the wikipedia link that totally proved my point - they are all SLEEVELESS

wikipedia has spoken. I am right and you are all WRONGY MCWRONGERSON

OP posts:
ILetHimKeep20Quid · 04/12/2013 18:24

Wasn't babygro actually a brand name originally?

Original poster
SaltyGoodness · 04/12/2013 18:25

Saucy - it's a terminology thing Smile

I've been here many years and thought I could translate everything but this one has just flummoxed me.

OP posts:
SecretSantaFix · 04/12/2013 18:26

You don't appear to be able to read properly.

According to Wiki.

A vest is a garment covering the upper body. The term has different meanings around the world.
Waistcoat
(a sleeveless under-jacket). This is called a waistcoat in the UK and many Commonwealth countries, or a vest in the US and Canada. It is often worn as part of formal attire, or as the third piece of a lounge suit.
Cut-off

See also Kutte. Popular in biker cultures throughout Europe and North America. The Cut-off is a type of vest typically made from cotton or denim with no sleeves. Often decorated with patches or pictures of biker related subjects and/or logos. The Cut-off vest is still a vest, regardles of the presence of a collar, pockets, heavy liners, buttons, zippers, or length. May be tucked in or worn outside the pants.

A typical Cut-off vest worn by bikers in North America and Europe.
A-shirt
(an undergarment, normally worn under a shirt). It is known as an A-shirt or tank top in the US and Canada, vest in the UK and many Commonwealth countries, and singlet in Australia.
Infant bodysuit
(a garment designed to be worn by infants with an extension below the waist). It is known as a onesie in the US and Canada and a vest in the UK.

Wherein the above information does it state that it is sleeveless?

EverythingInMjiniature · 04/12/2013 18:28

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Original poster
SaltyGoodness · 04/12/2013 18:29

The kicker (am awaiting imminent arrival of DC1) was people saying on what-you-need threads that you should put newborns in vests to keep their stumps clear, not onesies. That's why I still thought "oh they must mean vests in the Aus/US sense of the word".

I have been so damn confused on this one

OP posts:
Bakerof3pudsxx · 04/12/2013 18:29

It's a vest

Get over it.

TarkaTheOtter · 04/12/2013 18:29

OP in think you may still be confused and wrong.

WooWooOwl · 04/12/2013 18:31

You are wrong.

And your t shirt example doesn't make sense.

Snog · 04/12/2013 18:31

OP "stumps"??? what are you on about?
I expect once you give birth all will become clear

Bakerof3pudsxx · 04/12/2013 18:33

By stump I guess she means the cord

SugarplumKate · 04/12/2013 18:33

Yabu - a baby grow or sleepsuit has legs. A baby vest or body suit doesn't.

An adult vest obviously doesn't have poppers!

I've never heard of a baby vest being called a babygrow, ever. Baby grows always have legs!!!

ilovesmurfs · 04/12/2013 18:33

She means belly button stump?

I just folded the top of the nappy balc so it didnt rub on it and put them in a vest ( with poppers) and a babygrow.

MrsWolowitz · 04/12/2013 18:34

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Jengnr · 04/12/2013 18:34

A vest has two or three press studs underneath, no legs and has short, long or no sleeves.

A babygro has arms and legs and lots of press studs.

BatmanLovesRobins · 04/12/2013 18:38

Vests (short sleeved with poppers to stop them riding up, tend to have envelope necks) go under babygros (which tend to have legs and feet and sleeves).

YABVU, and wrong - and stubborn Xmas Grin

Smoorikins · 04/12/2013 18:38

Baby vests have poppers, to keep the vest in place. Some baby t-shirts do too.

Baby vests don't have sleeves though.

The sleeves thing seems irrelevant, op, as your initial post wasn't saying if it has sleeves it isn't a vest - it was if it has poppers it's a baby gro.

CailinDana · 04/12/2013 18:39

The sleeveless garment in a three piece suit is a waistcoat.

Oodmaiden · 04/12/2013 18:40

OP - if you follow the link on the Wiki article to look at their example of a baby vest - guess what? Short sleeves and poppers...

HTH :)