> On Nov 30, 1:23 pm, Tony Elka
shadowlane.com> wrote:>> In article
, "RichL" yahoo.com>
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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
>>> one's
>>>>>>> trousers.
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>>>>>>> DD
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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's all good.
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> It is what it is!
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> richforman
Why ask why?
Tony
