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

[Anonimousy]

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

I think it must definitely be a regional thing. Knickers for women and girls, underpants or boxers for men and boys, and possibly undies for young children. Pants for me means trousers. I'm from Lancashire too.

I'm from overseas and they are undies. Anecdotally, there was a TV production company called Reg Grundy who produced a lot of prime time TV, and so you would be wearing your Reg Grundies, shortened to grundies.

I tend to say knickers in the UK.

My DH is from North Lincs and he calls his grundies. I call mine knickers. My DS and DD both call theirs pants.

Arrrghhhh......hate picky bits.

It's knickers here, or knicks or knickees

Hate the term...I'm on the lav

Or have you seen my brassieres?

I thought pantalons meant trousers in French?!
I call mine pants, dp wears boxers.
Dds also wear pants.
Knickers is a bit formal for me!

Pants in this house and all my family

It's knickers or underwear, obvs.

Pants! Or undies! Or boxers for dh. (Scottish, if that makes a difference)

Dh says boxers for him and DS, pants for dd but mine are knickers ;)

Trousers are pants round here. But I also call underwear pants too. Gets confusing sometimes.

Knickers are ladies pants, pants are men's pants - anyone who uses panties needs shot. other terms I've heard are under crackers, keks, skiddies, clunker klinkers to name but a few.

I call them knickers, or undies.

You could call them lingerie?

Knick knacks...surely?!

Knickers, pants, grundies or undercrackers, depending on mood.

Never ever panties.

I've never called my trousers pants, despite living in the states for 6 years, it's cringey, makes me think of pale blue nylon elasticated waist trousers on top of girdles.

It's undies in this house

Hate knickers. They are either large and nylon with a frill or grey and thick and part of school uniform.

I have pants.

Womens' knickers = knickers
Men's' underpants = underpants
Trousers = pants

Where I lve (south coast) I've always called them pants. KNickers would seem a bit silly and panties a bit grim.

Boy pants, girl pants.. they're all pants!

I prefer knickers but the word does conjure up visions of an undergarment of the size that one could hide a tea tent in. So pants does just fine. Men, in this house, wear underpants.

Nobody should contemplate wearing panties. Or even admit to knowing that the word exists.

Knickers here, or underwear. I agree with a previous poster who said pants is a bit of a harsh word and almost masculine.

I cannot abide calling a purse a purse though, call it my wallet! Purse is far too frilly.

I prefer the term Grundies personally

Yanbu , pants are trousers. Knickers are knickers.

aurora I told dp I was going to buy some grundies today, he hadn't heard it before, he wasn't excited by the prospect where I suspect 'panties' or knickers might have sounded more alluring?!

I said ok, smalls then. He hadn't heard that one either.

Smalls always makes me think of Kathy Burke doing her "ooh young man!" on Harry Enfield.

I do usually call them pants and dp says pants are for boys and 'corrects' me to 'Knick knocks'!

Men wear pants.

Women wear knickers.

American men wear pants but they are trousers.

American women wear panties but they are knickers.

But a bra is a bra wherever you are! :)

Knickers just reminds me of the carry on films.

70s sleeze.

Op I think father jack settled this long ago. The correct term is:

Big Womens' Knickers!

My dad calls them smegs (and trousers kegs)...

On a serious note ( ) I use knickers and pants interchangeably. I hate panties! So glad people agree on that front!