Are we really still calling them

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"Pantyliners"?!

Wtf - Panties?

Who says that? What is that?

Something American teenagers and coy older ladies say?

The word 'panties' makes me want to vom, along with 'titties'. Sounds like theory of thing a dirty 'uncle' would say.

Sigh. Jesus Christ it's impossible to type on an iPad without it making you look a cunt because it 'corrects' things into absolute bolometers

See?!!! Bollocks that was supposed to say. What the actual fucj are bolometers????

That's what we should call them. Bolometers
I wondered as well wtf was a bolometer so googled

A bolometer is a highly sensitive instrument used for detecting heat or electromagnetic radiation.

Pivoine Bolometers! I may just add that to my lexicon of words to shut any conversation down.

Dri-Liners. Eek. That is way too much information (and suggests the dreaded moist word will be coming along very soon)

Bolometers 😂😂

We used to live in America and every time someone said panties or pantyhose I’d bristle. It’s just so twee and creepy!

They also say ‘sanitary napkins’.

Pantyliners doesn't bother me. I'm a bit meh about the word panties, but I did snort to myself on a cancer fb page (closed) when an American woman spoke about forgetting to remove her panties when she went for a Pap smear. At first I thought she said it for comedic effect but then when the other Americans replied about never knowing where to put their panties etc I realised it was totally normal for them.

Over here (aus) its generally undies for anyone's underwear, pants for trousers, stockings for sheer tights, and tights for uk leggings. Took me a while to get used to it.

I don’t remember the last time I referred to sanitary pads as anything but WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH BODY-FOOOORM!!!! DH walks away from me in Asda when I sing it

Theresnonamesleft, I'm going to damned well used bolometers from now on, then.

But where and when did the iPad get so smart? Why did it learn the word bolometers in the first place. The mind bottles

the mind bottles 😂😂😂😂

I must confess, 'the mind bottles' comes from will Ferrell in Blades of Glory but it makes me die

we have compromised on using the term underwear, which covers both sexes and all varieties

I’m American and I don’t like saying “panties” either so I say underwear. I do say pantyhose although I never wear them. Thank heavens the little buggers are still no longer in style where I live (Florida.)

I have never heard an American use the word tights

As has been pointed out Americans do use the word tights. Tights in the US are thick and opaque and only worn in cold weather. Pantyhose are sheer. Happily, I live in a climate where I never have to wear either.

The word 'panties' is so prissy and twee and American.

Seriously, y'all, these objections about "panties" being twee; there are all sorts of twee diminutives that only the British use: postie, pressie, rellies, leccy, telly, etc. They are all over MN so forgive us Americans this one lapse.

There is absolutely no excuse for panties!

Panties should be abolished.

Bolometers

Knicker nappies?

Knicker nappies are more fitting for Tena.

"I don't think I've ever called them anything, who ever actually talks about panty liners?"

My mobility has been poor for two years, i keep mine upstairs and on occasion when I've forgotten to bring one down, i might ask my DD to get me a liner (as opposed to a towel).

I've been asked by my DD, who wears tampons, if i have any liners.

Before we went out shopping, my then pregnant DD asked me to remind her to get liners, or she's asked me do i have any/pick some up.

I would think that anyone with DDs, or have house shared, have female relatives/close friends, would have these conversations.

The word panty doesn't grate on me because everyone wore panty girdles (60/70's) when i was growing up and they were advertised everywhere.

We used to live in America and every time someone said panties or pantyhose I’d bristle. It’s just so twee and creepy!

I feel that way about "nappies." It sounds like a cutesy little nickname. I guess it is; I think it's technically short for napkin.

Yes, add "nappies" to the twee list. Also biccie.

Do people wear liners every day?

I haven't used one since I was yoing enough to have such light periods it was all I needed 😩

Wearing them every day must be expensive. And quite bad for the environment.

I'm a grown ass Canadian woman and I say panties. It's what they are called here. No one is being coy, cutesy, or any other connotation. That's just what they are called.

WhereTheFuckIsMyFuckingCoat what do you call stockings? As in the U.K. they are the sexy tights that go up to the top of your thigh but no bum and gusset like tights. Hold ups are the same but have a bit of rubber to hold them up on their own so you don't need suspenders or a suspender belt.

SenecaFalls at least nappies are for kids (mainly although I think the adult products have a different name anyway). But panties, it's so letchy! Sounds infantile. When rappers say it I think 🤢

Good question. What do Australians call stockings that don't go all the way to the waist?

In the US, we call those stockings, but the device that holds them up is a garter belt. Suspenders in the US are what some men use to hold their pants trousers up, i. e. braces in the UK.

I'm American and also hate panties, smthg I said as a little girl only. It's underwear. However knickers i could never say with a straight face. I think it's a cute term though, same with nappies.
Fanny really really makes me cringe. A fanny is a big ass here.

And I call them nylons or stockings, pantyhose is more southern-ism I thought?? Tights are thick and solid and leggings have no feet.

On the subject of panty liners, my sister used to call them "private papers" as a kid lol.
Feminine napkins? Discharge protectors? Mini pads?

Just woke myself up talking in my sleep.

Bolometers has made me proper chuckle.

I might leave post it notes with bolometers written on around the place, as a sort of MN code.