[Ads-l] "textiles" - clothes wearers

[Barretts Mail]

In addition to the OED example mentioned by LH in the thread noted by GO, the OED has another meaning with a 1970 citation:
Naturism. Non-naturist; spec. applied to places, etc., prohibited to nudists.

Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/textile <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/textile>) offers it with no label.

Although labeled as slang, Wikipedia has this (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_(disambiguation)). 

Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/textile <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/textile>) does not have it. 

Benjamin Barrett (he/his/him)
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 6 Mar 2020, at 12:02, Andy Bach <afbach at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> She said that people who don't take their clothes off on  the beach
> are soon surrounded by  a circle of nudists who stare silently at the
> "textile tourists" until they either leave the beach-or shed their
> garments.
> 
> That'd be a little disconcerting ... Children of the Skin.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 9:05 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> There was an earlier thread in June 2011 that began with a comment on
>> the phrase "textiled hikers":
>> 
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-June/110291.html
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-June/110300.html
>> 
>> On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 9:58 AM ADSGarson O'Toole
>> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your post, Andy. LH posted on this topic back in September
>>> 2011. He remarked that the 'OED does have an entry for the relevant
>>> sense of "textile"', and he shared the OEDs 1979 citation.
>>> 
>>> 
>> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2011-September/112033.html
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 5:10 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 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
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