What is Australian slang for pants?

dacks (daks) – trousers, most likely derived from the London clothier Daks (founded in 1894). Trackie dacks are tracksuit trousers, and underdacks are underpants or knickers. To dak someone is to pull their pants down.

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What do Aussies call knickers in slang?

Underdaks, also called underchunders or underdungers, is a colloquial name for your underpants. Daks are trousers, therefore underdaks must logically be underwear. Simple.

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What do Australians call track pants?

Daks: Australians call their trousers 'daks'. If someone mentions 'tracky daks', they're talking about sweatpants.

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Why are pants called dacks?

The name DAKS is generally accepted to have been a combination of the words DAD (after their much loved and respected founding father, the “Dad” of the firm, Simeon Simpson) and SLACKS (after the American word for informal trousers).

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What are slacks in Australia?

Females didn't often wear long pants but if they did they would be more likely called 'slacks' or 'trousers' but strides could also refer to women's 'undies'.

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How to Say "Sweatpants" | Australian Slang

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Do Australians say pants or trousers?

In North America, Australia and South Africa pants is the general category term, whereas trousers (sometimes slacks in Australia and North America) often refers more specifically to tailored garments with a waistband, belt-loops, and a fly-front.

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Do they say pants or trousers in Australia?

The word 'pants' in Australia refers almost exclusively to trousers, while Australians will usually call underwear 'a pair of undies' or just 'undies', which is a plural form indicating that it is short for 'underpants'.

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What is the old term for pants?

When trousers of a similar style became popular during the Restoration in England, they became known as pantaloons, Pantaloon being an Anglicization of Pantalone. Fashions changed over the years, but pantaloons continued to be the word used to refer to various types of trousers.

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What are fat pants slang?

Noun. (slang) Relatively large or stretchy pants (trousers) that are comfortable even when smaller pairs would feel tight. While I was pregnant, I wore my fat pants most of the time.

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What is pants English slang?

In the UK, “pants” also has a slang usage as an adjective which is a synonym for “bad” or “rubbish”. “I don't like that song, it's pants.” “Your trousers are pants.” (This means “your trousers are bad” – sorry for the confusing joke!)

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What is the most Aussie word?

Here's a list of popular Australian slang terms you probably heard before but didn't know what they meant.
  • ta – thank you. ...
  • sheila – woman or female. ...
  • bloke – man or guy. ...
  • bogan – an uncultured or unsophisticated person. ...
  • brekkie – breakfast. ...
  • barbie – barbecue. ...
  • mate – friend. ...
  • crikey!

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Why do Australians say ta?

Meaning 'thank you', ta is usually used for the times when you are in a rush or want to send a quick text to show your appreciation for something.

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What do Australians call a fanny?

The word you are searching for is bum. The Australasian meaning of fanny is for some, however, being pushed into oblivion by the repetition of this innocuous American word in the theme song for the sitcom, The Nanny. The preferred Australasian term for fanny pack is bum bag.

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What is bra in Australian slang?

In an interview on Triple J radio, Koby Abberton pointed out that "Bra" is a reference to the gang's suburb, Maroubra, and partly after the street slang for brother. Some members of the gang tattoo "My Brother's Keeper" across the front of their chest, "Bra Boys" and Maroubra's postcode "2035" on their backs.

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Do Aussies say undies?

"Knickers" can also refer to male underwear, while the word panties generally refers only to female underwear. In Australia, male underpants are often referred to as "undies", although the word can also refer to panties.

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What is slang for fancy pants?

Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.

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What are hard pants slang?

What are hard pants? Hard pants is an informal term for types of pants that are more rigid or uncomfortable than those primarily worn or designed for comfort.

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What does Missy mean in pants?

A: In department stores, Missy implies women sizes 8-16 if your lucky sometimes 18. (The petite section can be these sizes but imply women of short stature) When you get to size 18 & larger, stores refer to that s… see more.

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What is another name for pants?

On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pants, such as: knickers, shorts, slacks, trousers, underpants, and bermudas.

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What did Victorians call pants?

The Victorians were very squeamish about the word 'trousers'. They called them their 'inexpressibles', 'round-me-houses', and 'sit-upons'.

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What are pants also called?

trousers, also spelled trowsers, also called pants or slacks, an outer garment covering the lower half of the body from the waist to the ankles and divided into sections to cover each leg separately.

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What is a bogan in Australian slang?

Bogan: Australian slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are unrefined or unsophisticated.

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What do Australian people call flip flops?

The shoe known in Australia as a "thong" is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.

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What do Aussies call hoodies?

If a sweatshirt or fleeced lined jumper has a hood it will be called a “hoodie", whether it has a zip or not. If a knitted jumper has buttons down the front where you can wear them completely open, then we in Australia would call that a “cardigan".

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