It is official:
The noun pantywaist has proven to be more enduring in its figurative meaning — an ineffectual or childish man — than in its original meaning, which was a garment of early 20th century vintage: short pants fastened to a waist band, worn by children. Still, the term is somewhat old fashioned, and calling a timid man [sissy] a pantywaist these days would not only be unkind, but might also be confusing.
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I am going to take this to a literal sense of being "PantyWAIST is the elastic band around a woman's underclothes". So being pantywaisted could refer to the wearing or aspiring to wear female underwear; effeminate in underclothing dress.
So it is official: One could speak of me as "panty waisted" in that I could not find one pair or male underclothing this morning. So-be-it.
Whenever I wear a pair of boyshorts style underwear, I can't help but laugh at the name of them. I always wonder if there are any other boys who choose to wear these pretty little underthings!
ReplyDeleteMake it two! I must be panty-waisted myself, because I haven’t reached for a pair of men’s underwear in ages. Honestly? If this is the definition we’re going with, I’m perfectly happy to claim the title.
ReplyDeleteI wear PSD and Victoria secret boy shorts😃
ReplyDeleteNot to be confused with panty waste, but that could be used to describe some jerks I've come across. :)
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