another euphemism

[Lisa Galvin]

I am not familiar with the term "rocking" in that sense, but I think the first time I personally heard the phrase "going commando" was on an episode of the TV show Friends, so that would put it somewhere in the mid-to late 90s? No idea where/when it actually started, though.

 

Lisa Galvin




                                                   



 

> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:44:09 -0400
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> Something I am not familiar with, but not claiming that it's anything
> new (or even new to many on the list, perhaps).
> 
> Perez Hilton maybe in trouble for linking to some paparazzi photos.
> But this is a minor point. PH has been obsessed with the question of
> whether starlets do or do not wear underwear in public. This prompted
> a comment from the proprietor of another gossip site:
> 
> “Although it seems clear that she's either going commando or rocking
> an itsy-bitsy thong."
> 
> There are plenty of raw hits on "going commando", including 24 on
> GN--about half are a follow-up on Perez Hilton escapades while the
> other half are from two weeks ago concerning Venus Williams [not going
> commando]. There are a couple of other references as well.
> 
> Having lived a sheltered life, I am also unfamiliar with this meaning
> of "rocking" (==sporting or is there more?).
> 
> VS-)
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