Semantic drift: "khaki"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Mon Sep 17 17:59:51 UTC 2007


At 9/17/2007 01:27 PM, Mark Mandel wrote:
>To me, "khaki" has always been light ("dusty") tan. But I've seen the word
>in clothing ads referring to a style or fabric of pants in any color! Maybe
>I can find an example.

If you do, I'll bring it to the store the next time I go looking for chinos!

Joel

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