Panties (moist)

[Benjamin Barrett]

"Granny panties" is defined by android5 at Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=granny%20panties) as a type of panties uncool for the sub-60 wearer. It seems it's not "panties" that aren't worn, but a particular style that are out of style:

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Granny pants are usually high cut, with a highly elastic waistband that will come up to at least your belly button. They may also come in floral patterns, pink patterns, or other "old lady" looking styles- just like any other type of underwear, actually, anything's possible stylewise.
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"Soft and silky" disagrees on their coolness, saying, "Hey everyone the secrets out! Granny panties aren't just for grannies anymore."

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Nov 20, 2011, at 2:17 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> _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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