Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareHorseChandelier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-23 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-squareCmdrShepard42@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhat do they call “fanny packs” in the UK? Vagina pouches?
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoBum bags. …but nobody wears them since a very brief stint in the 80s.
minus-squareirmoz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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.