in the UK, pants have always been underwear.
In the US, pants have always been trousers. There's some crossover, but it aint a new situation... certainly not a new phenomenon.
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chaotic_illuminator proud spacehopperist,
Sun 14 Apr 2002, 18:09,
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are you absolutly sure
its always been underwear ?
im so sure that it was never used until some years ago. or at least was never adopted by tv people as a general derogatory term.
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DaWolfey,
Sun 14 Apr 2002, 18:13,
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