Panties (moist)

[Wilson Gray]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> AARP's article "Things We're Too Old to Say" http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/books/info-03-2011/slang-we-should-drop.html includes "panties".

How asinine!!

_Panties_ is, in fact, no longer part of my active vocabulary, but
only because, sadly, I have no use for this word, not finding women's
undies as riveting a topic of conversation as I did in my youth, when
even a glimpse of a feminine kneecap was a breath-taking experience.
And, IME, even back in the day, the number of occasions when panties
were a topic of conversation bordered on the non-existent and, when
panties did happen to be under discussion, the traditional BE unisex
term, _drawers_ [draUz], was used.

BTW, is "panties" even considered to be slang? IMO, it's the standard term.

Besides, the youth of today find what they call "grannie-panties" to
be an object of derision. Nobody wears them, anymore. So, why would
anyone discuss them, in the first place?

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-Wilson
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