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Thread #114129   Message #2432967
Posted By: Joe_F
06-Sep-08 - 08:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Do Your Underwear Bind Up on You?
Subject: RE: BS: Do Your Underwear Bind Up on You?
No.

In my dialect, which used to be standard English, "underwear" is a singular uncountable noun that includes underpants, undershirts, and union suits. I suppose this weird use of "underwear" as a plural noun meaning underpants must have gotten its start as a euphemism, but these days one sees in even in pornography.