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Pants are clothing for
the body below the waist, a must for modesty
regardless of gender; the term is an abbreviation of
pantaloons, a puzzling plurale tanto as it comes
from the French pantalon, stemming via the
buffoonish commedia dell'arte-character Pantalone
from that Italian word.
In Canadian, Australian and American English, the
term pants refers to a long outer garment worn over
the hips and legs, which in British English are
called trousers.
In American slang, the verb to pants someone means
to pull a person's trousers down as a sophomoric
prank, known as (de)pantsing.
The word "pants" has acquired humorous connotations
in the last few decades, largely among younger
people. Many stand-up comedians have used the word
as a light pejorative term. There is a tendency to
use it as an adjective. This usage gained wider
attention when it came to light that the then-Prime
Minister John Major tucked his shirt into his
underpants.
In British English, however, the term pants refers
to underpants. It is a catch-all term that can
denote anything from thongs to boxer shorts, but all
have the common feature that they are worn under
trousers.
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