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comment by not_damn_dirty-ape
not_damn_dirty-ape  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Do some words bother you?

"panties" irks me. I don't know why though; I didn't even hear it used for most of my life.





hogwild  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh god "panties". American English doesn't have a nice word for just the bottom half of underwear, though, and I'm not comfortable employing the Britishism "knickers" because it's so easy to mishear.

ignorantcollective  ·  3420 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You could always borrow the Australian word "grundies". I mean, sure, I could understand why you wouldn't want to...