Censorware; Ripstop pants

[Bob Haas]

Just a quick addendum, Barry.  Ripstop material is nylon that was first used
more or less exclusively for tents and tarps for the great outdoors.  It's
nylon which encloses a fairly close and light nylon mesh; the grid is about
1/4 inch.  It's designed to help stop rips when they start, which they
inevitably will, usually about four days into a 10-day trip.  I noticed a
few years ago that manufacturers had begun using it in clothing, but I
imagine that the practice has been going on a bit longer.

bob

> From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
> Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:13:36 EDT
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Censorware; Ripstop pants
>
> From the PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE, 4-2-2000, pg. G-17:
>
> Gap Kids and Old Navy are showing "ripstop pants," long pants with a zipper
> above each knee, making them convertible to shorts.
>
> There were 694 Dow Jones hits for "ripstop," but only 4 for "ripstop pants."
> It seems that the ads I've seen don't make the database.