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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Ah pants!" #144556 06/27/05 08:08 PM Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX gift horse OP member OP gift horse member Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 180 Austin, TX When/how did the word 'pants' become an expletive in England? On a different board I haunt I've noticed UK citizens using the term 'pants' as either an expletive "Ah pants!" or as an expression of negative value: "That movie was pants!" I was just wondering where the saying came from. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted "Ah pants!" gift horse 06/27/05 08:08 PM Re: "Ah pants!" Capfka 06/27/05 08:32 PM Re: "Ah pants!" gift horse 06/28/05 12:19 AM Re: "Ah pants!" carpathian 06/28/05 11:44 AM Re: "Ah pants!" Capfka 06/28/05 04:24 PM Re: "Ah pants!" nancyk 06/28/05 05:11 PM Re: "Ah pants!" gift horse 06/28/05 05:29 PM Papa's got a brand new bag carpathian 06/28/05 06:05 PM Re: Papa's got a brand new bag Capfka 06/28/05 06:28 PM Re: Papa's got a brand new bag carpathian 06/28/05 08:06 PM Re: crap theory based on a google search maverick 06/28/05 08:04 PM Carpal theory of Crap carpathian 06/28/05 09:49 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 519 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 13 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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