[Ads-l] "textiles" - clothes wearers

[Andy Bach]

Well, not esp. American ... yet.

*Name:* Textiles.

*Age:* They come in all ages.

*Appearance:* Nice and warm.

*Are we talking about fabrics?* No, just the people who wear them.

*You mean absolutely everyone?* Not quite.

*Which constituency could it possibly exclude?* Naturists. “Textiles” is a
word they sometimes use to refer to the clothes-wearing majority.
[slightly NSFW photo]
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2020/mar/02/should-making-fun-of-naturists-be-classed-as-a-hate-crime?CMP=share_btn_link

Partridge dict. of Slang has it from 1995
https://books.google.com/books?id=h0mcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA774&lpg=PA774&dq=Textiles%E2%80%9D+naturist+word++refer+to+the+clothes-wearing&source=bl&ots=_KzLW3sM_d&sig=ACfU3U307oMP6fEFOzvUhcoI9le-YQVJNQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwie8LCOrIToAhWalHIEHbpiAuMQ6AEwAXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=Textiles%E2%80%9D%20naturist%20word%20%20refer%20to%20the%20clothes-wearing&f=false
-- 

a

Andy Bach,
afbach at gmail.com
608 658-1890 cell
608 261-5738 wk

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org