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The word panties vs undies

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Sorry, I know it's "Ask the Guys", but it doesn't stop the blokes answering our questions...

I call them knickers, mostly, unless I know there will be an American audience and it suits the writing. But I think so much erotica uses "panties" that I like something for us English who prefer the word "knickers". "Panties" always seems somehow false to me, as it's not naturally in my vocabulary. "Knickers" is earthier and matter-of-fact to me. I'd much rather a sexy man whispered, "Get your knickers off" than, "Take off your panties". The latter would just make me laugh (not in a good way).


Well done since I was going to mention why no reference to knickers since before I joined Lush I would never have referred to a ladies underwear as panties. Furthermore lol I would never have said Geez or Jeez either!.
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Well done since I was going to mention why no reference to knickers since before I joined Lush I would never have referred to a ladies underwear as panties. Furthermore lol I would never have said Geez or Jeez either!.


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Quote by golf_nut
True. Panties sounds more erotic and sexy. Unless it is granny panties, then the erection becomes flaccid in a heartbeat


There isn't anything wrong about grannie panties, I've fucked some of the best that were wearing them.
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got to be panties.
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I prefer the term Panties as being much more feminine than undies. Although I also think it is sexy as Hell for a British lady to refer to her Knickers ....
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Although I also think it is sexy as Hell for a British lady to refer to her Knickers ....

OMG I remember when the girls used to refer to anything unsexy as "oh they're like gym knickers!"
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I have no preference as long as they are sexy
But my question is: why is bra singular and panties plural?
Fun fact about this. The word 'panties' comes from a time when underwear were referred to as pants, and pants or trousers were just referred to as trousers, which I suppose they still are in some places. Those underwear were also much longer, sometimes past the knee, and did indeed resemble trousers. 'Panties' was sort of meant as a diminutive of 'pants', when they started to switch over in common usage. The original panties were designed as a more utilitarian underwear, by designer Ilsa Scaparrelli, though I may be misspelling or utterly destroying the name. They were first adopted in a major way by young women who rode bicycles. This actually notably aided female members of the French underground in Nazi occupied Paris.
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Give me Panties anytime ......?
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panties sound more sexy to me as well
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Quote by garterbelt
Panties just sounds so sexy!!


PANTIES, in any style has such a sexy sound to it.
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panties sounds sexy underwear is a bit clinical
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Quote by shelley2013
panties sounds sexier


I concur.. PANTIES FOR ME!! PANTIES ON MY HEAD!!

For my limey cousins in merry olde England KNICKERS AND STOCKINGS my dears!!
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well im in England and panties is the one
I love panties
Completely agree. Although, I try not to overplay the word, if you use it too much, it loses that feeling.
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I have a panty fetish so...I kinda have to vote 'panties'!
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Hell, undies can be under anything on anything and not necessarily a woman.

I prefer panties because that word snaps some very sexy images into my mind.
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Panties or knickers is my preference of name, depending on which part of the world you are from! I usually assosiate the term 'undies' as an abrieviation of the term's - underwear/underpants which could refer to either sex but usually mens underwear.
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To me knickers sounds better than panties , it sounds sexy so knickers for me .
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I was reared in the 1950-60's. Those days panties was the most intimate garment a girl wore.
To see her panties was the same as nowadays seeing her full nude body - at least where I lived!!
So panties is always the sexiest word for me!
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I'm going to have to say, Panties
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I go with panties sounds sexier