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What do you call your underwear?

51 replies

FrannyandZooey · 04/08/2006 21:26

We say pants, for boys' and girls', but confusingly I find myself calling ds's "pantie pants" just because everything ends up having an "ie" on the end of it.

Do you wear pants, or knickers? Or something else?

OP posts:
LieselVonTrapp · 04/08/2006 23:08

nick nicks. Skants is very popular but I dont like it.

Gillian76 · 04/08/2006 23:11

Pants. All of us.

Clary · 04/08/2006 23:39

pants for th echildren.
Mine are knickers.
rofl at F&Z's post about fanny wrappers.

Mrs JC tell yr dh that kecks are trousers, surely?

JessaJam · 04/08/2006 23:39

boring here
me - knickers
DH - boxers (or, when referring to in conjunction with socks "box and socks")
ds- still in nappies

serenity · 05/08/2006 01:18

Everyone wears pants or undies, me and DD also wear knickers and DD alone wears knick knicks.

psychomum5 · 05/08/2006 01:23

we have pants/undies/boxers/knicker in our house but you should how indignant my boys get when I mistakenly tell them to get their knickers on....ooh...how dare I think they be girlies.

mind, they also get told 'good girl' too half the time.

this is what comes of having girlies first....even after 6 years of having boys it is hard to get my head around

Tortington · 05/08/2006 01:29

kecks, keckers, thunders, thundies, undercrackers, nickknacks,

Ags · 05/08/2006 01:33

Very close to my heart this subject at the moment. Am toilet training ds - think we have cracked it.

ds - pants (current favourites are Buzz Lightyear who beseeches him (with a voice not dissimilar to mine!) not to wee on his head every time the pants go on!)

dh - boxers

me - knickers and one pair of boyshorts which I think is a cool name for undies.

MrsJohnCusack · 05/08/2006 08:31

I do Clary, but he is adamant!

Spagblog · 05/08/2006 08:59

I call them pants or knickers, sometimes "smalls" just to be twee!

An ex bf used to call his pants "Shreddies" and it used to turn my stomach.

cupcakes · 05/08/2006 09:04

knickers for girls
pants for boys

The only men I know who call their pants 'knickers' are gay.

crazydazy · 05/08/2006 09:06

Yes we use knicks for girls and pants for boys, have been known to tell DD to go and get some pants.

NomDePlume · 05/08/2006 09:22

Knickers, knick-nack-noos or pants for DD.

Pants or boxers for DSs

flutterbee · 05/08/2006 10:00

girls - knickers/knick nacs

boys - pants/underwear

db calls them undercrackers or skiddies

littleducks · 05/08/2006 10:03

i say knickers for girls and prob pants/boxers for boys but my in laws say panties which makes me cringe for boys. But then they say socksees too...

glassofwine · 05/08/2006 10:07

I wear Harveys - as in Harvey Nicks
DD's - knickers
DS - pants

Spagblog · 05/08/2006 15:19

I find the word panties quite seedy...Is this just me?

oxocube · 05/08/2006 15:46

knickers for girls, undies for boys

Roobie · 05/08/2006 15:50

Dh - boxers
dd - pants
me - knickers
ds - nappies!

sallystrawberry · 05/08/2006 15:54

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NomDePlume · 05/08/2006 18:57

Panties is gross. Very cringey and porn-filmy, IYSWIM

essbee · 05/08/2006 19:03

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Gobbledigook · 05/08/2006 19:17

Agree NDP - yuk, couldn't say 'panties'. Also hate 'panty liners' - cant' they think of another name for them?! Sounds like 'bin liners'

RubyRioja · 05/08/2006 19:34

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Whizzz · 05/08/2006 19:36

I call mine Gerald