On Nov 30, 1:23 pm, Tony Elka
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>>>> On 30 Nov, 14:40, poisoned rose
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eliteintelligentsiamonthly.com> wrote:>>>> JohnB
tinyworld.co.uk> wrote:>>>>>> It's a shortened form of 'pantaloon' - British slang for removing
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>>>>>> trousers.
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>>>>> Pantaloons were a form of trousers, it's true, but the word is mostly
>>>>> used in comic ways these days. I believe the word can also mean a
>>>>> pantomime clown - and it's from that word - pantomime - that "panto"
>>>>> derives. You know pantomime, surely? - A traditional Christmas play
>>>>> full of absurd characters, slapstick comedy, awful jokes, double
>>>>> entendres and cross-dressing. Hey ho!
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>>>> Now, if I could only figure out why British folks insult something
>>>> by saying it's "pants."
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>>> I think this may have originally come from a tv or cartoon character -
>>> but as I understand it in the USA pants = trousers while in the UK
>>> pants is short for underpants. Not that that explains it entirely.
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>>> BTW I hate the phrase and would never use it myself - like a recent
>>> import from the US, "My bad" meaning "my mistake". You can put it
>>> down to my age ...
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>> I'm from the US, and hearing that phrase still raises the hair on my arms.
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It is what it is!
richforman
