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I am inclined to believe that the expression 'pants' is directly related to the aspirations of the 'sans-culottes'. ET is a hotbed of such revolutionary sartorialness.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 01:55:38 PM EST
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, no, Watson.
pants(!) is a sanitary expletive, solution to a recent moderator advisory. In CR threads, "hot bed" of illiterate digital communication technology, commenters deploy the [brown pant] icon.

Do try to keep up.

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by Cat on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 04:14:36 PM EST
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Thank you, madame, I shall endeavour to remain acquainted with the argot.

But I think you have your etymologies intertwining like a pit of coral snakes coated in wild vaseline. 'Brown pants' and 'Oh pants', though conceivably connected, nevertheless have emerged from two different lines of social thought. You have to remember that the definition of 'pants' in your fair island, and in my enormous continent, differs.

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by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 04:23:12 PM EST
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May the Urban Dictionary restore international understanding.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 05:02:21 PM EST
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So many uses, so little time. Like herding snakes in a reef or something.

Tnahks you, Mig!


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 07:31:41 PM EST
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Two different lines of social thought. Among English speakers.
O RLY?
You have been [CR-17] [Wright Model B] [I'm shocked,to find gambling going on here] [Prozac] warned.
Accept Icon Fluency as your savior.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sun Mar 21st, 2010 at 07:18:42 PM EST
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