"Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I still tend to say "britches".

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> Subject: Re: "Slacks"
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> On Oct 24, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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> > At 10/24/2012 10:42 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >> I never say "slacks."
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> > When you go into the clothing store, do you ask for "dress pants"?
> > Isn't that an oxymoron?
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> There's always "trousers".  But for me "dress pants" is neither ill-
> formed nor oxymoronic, since chinos, khakis, whatever, are non-dress
> pants, although I concede that "casual slacks" strikes me as more
> natural than "casual pants".
>
> LH
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