To think that women's knickers are not called pants?

[Anonimousy]

This really annoys me and I can't work out why.

My mum calls them brooks.

Panties - bleugh!

does remind me though of our nurse at our surgery and after a smear she always says "Pop your panties back on and I will see you in a mo" as she goes the other side of the curtain to protect my modesty WHEN SHE HAS JUST LOOKED IN MY FANGOLINA

Can't stop laughing, how true!

Anything but 'panties', I hate that word!

My DGM says bloomers which I quite like . It's definitely knickers here and boxers for men.

Perhaps a regional thing, not sure. I'm in yorkshire. Pants/panties seems so American.

Pants Pants always Pants, (except when they are knickers)

No one seems to us the word "briefs", which is how they are sometimes labelled as in shops. I use the terms knickers and pants interchangeably, with the occasional knicky-knacky-noos (when talking to DD)

My dh calls his underpants 'knickers' and I use the same word for mine. Still we are old so that's ok :)

Definitely pants - Knicks makes me heave!

Mine have always been pants.

DH and the DSes boxers are also pants.

There are lots of different kinds of pants. Knickers are just one type.

My mum called them pants, so that's what I call them.

We could always go back to calling them drawers.

My dad always referred to them as his drawers.

YABU. I don't like the word knickers so it's always pants for me. That's what my Mum calls them

When I was growing up abroad pants were trousers, underneath which a boy wore underpants and a girl panties.

As a boy, I never actually had cause to actually say panties and as an adult living in the UK I can't bring myself to say it. DD went to a nursery, and I've adopted the word the nursery workers used, which was "knickers." Previously thought it was a somewhat comical word, but now quite like it.

Yabu. They are called pants. Everyone calls them pants.

I can settle this argument, I've had a brainwave. Went to M&S web site, and the relevant section is labelled ...

Knickers!

On a similar note, though a year late for the last thread about "toilet" versus "lavatory" versus (word I can't bring myself to type), I was going through a major airport the next day and the relevant signs said...

toilet!

I think "briefs" sounds nearly as bad as "pies.

I also think bloomers is the way to go.
For those of you who are team pants - you are wrong!

they are called neenees here for some unknown reason. i think my mom started with that when my dd was potty training and it somehow stuck.

i don't have to talk about underwear with anyone but her so i guess the only other word that i would use is underwear.

I feel really annoyed when I hear people say pants for knickers because they are WRONG.

Pants are slacks or trousers
Underpants - the clue is in the name, go UNDER pants aka trousers.
Knickers are knickers.

KNICKERS.

I hate the word knickers. Knicks actually makes me shudder. (As an aside, the only other phrase that does this to me is 'picky bits' for a snack tea/snacks at a party).

I use pants. I wear pants. My girls wear pants.

Panties - can I hear you scream!

My Irish friend always calls trousers pants. Always takes me a second to think what she means. So what do irish folk call pants then?

I am Irish and I call trousers trousers and pants pants! Maybe it's a regional thing...

I feel I ought to add an instructional song that my sister and I made up when we were eight and ten.

(To the tune of the Blue Peter theme tune circa late 90s)

Knickers aaaaaare very-very pink
A-and pa-ants a-are always blue
You don't re-ally have to think
To find out whether they are pink or blu-u-u-u-ue

'Cause
Knickers aaaaaare very-very pink
A-and pa-ants a-are always blue
You have to pull them down when you are go-ing to the loo
Oh!
Knickers, they are veryvery pink
Pants - blue!