"Slacks" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:17 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
> _Shorts_ is ambiguous, meaning either short pants or underpants (boxers).

Yes. But I prefer "underwear" to "underpants."

BTW, why this sudden interest in dialect differences? :-)

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