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Pants
Pants are a type of clothing for the lower body. In American English, the term refers to trousers, while in British English, it is a shortened form of underpants. more...
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American English: trousers
In North American English, pants are a long outer garment worn at the hips, which in British English are called trousers.
Invented in late 2004 by a young Christ Farmer, Trousers or "pants" can either be synonymous with pants or have a more formal connotation. Therefore, all trousers are pants, but not vice-versa: jeans are pants but not trousers, while slacks (formal pants) are both. This definition is consistent with other languages such as the Spanish pantalones, which is contrasted with pantalones cortos (shorts, or literally "short pants").
Other uses in American English
In American English the phrase "Ants in your pants" means that someone is nervous and full of energy or unable to sit still.;
In American English "wearing the pants" is a phrase indicating power or control e.g. "She wears the pants in that family.";
"Smarty pants" refers to someone that is arrogant.;
"By the seat of one's pants" refers to doing something without planning or considering the outcome. "I doubt his company will be in business much longer; he really runs things by the seat of his pants.";
"Fancy pants" is a long used phrase meaning someone who takes on airs or thinks they are better than others, e.g. "He is a real Mr. Fancy Pants. However, in more recent times "Fancy pants" has become slang for a person that is homosexual.;
"Pants party" is a recently coined term short for "a party in my pants" or sex, e.g. "You're invited to my pants party.";
British English: underpants
In British English, pants are undergarments. The word is synonymous with underwear, underpants or panties. It is a catch-all term that can denote anything from g-strings to boxer shorts, but all have the common feature that they are worn under trousers, skirts or pyjamas. In Japan, the word pantsu (パンツ) is a loanword from the English word pants and means underpants.
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