@Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 12 days agoWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...message-square16fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...@Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 12 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareHorseChandelierlinkfedilinkEnglish19•edit-212 days agoHmmm there are quite a few of these… Ok these are UK/us mostly. America: fanny - backside UK: fanny - the other side (!) America: rubber - condom UK: rubber - something you use to erase pencil marks. UK and others: Durex - Condom brand Others: Durex - sticky tape US: Suspenders - things for holding trousers up UK: Suspenders - things for holding stockings up. Used with a suspender belt and with, or without, other underwear… USA: Pants - leg coverings e.g. blue jeans Most of the UK: Pants - things you wear under your blue jeans (unless ”going commando”)
minus-square@CmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•12 days agoWhat do they call “fanny packs” in the UK? Vagina pouches?
minus-square@wewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish3•12 days agoBum bags. …but nobody wears them since a very brief stint in the 80s.
minus-square@irmoz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•12 days agoOh, they’re coming round in popularity, particularly among Gen Z.
Hmmm there are quite a few of these… Ok these are UK/us mostly.
America: fanny - backside
UK: fanny - the other side (!)
America: rubber - condom
UK: rubber - something you use to erase pencil marks.
UK and others: Durex - Condom brand
Others: Durex - sticky tape
US: Suspenders - things for holding trousers up
UK: Suspenders - things for holding stockings up. Used with a suspender belt and with, or without, other underwear…
USA: Pants - leg coverings e.g. blue jeans
Most of the UK: Pants - things you wear under your blue jeans (unless ”going commando”)
What do they call “fanny packs” in the UK? Vagina pouches?
Bum bags.
…but nobody wears them since a very brief stint in the 80s.
Oh, they’re coming round in popularity, particularly among Gen Z.