Floods
High waters
Uh...I think I call them "pants that are too short"
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What do you call pants that are too short?
I mentioned to a friend of mine the other day that my son had grown so much that his pants were all floods, and I had to go out and get him new ones. My friend was all like, "floods?" Apparently he had never heard that term. He grew up in Indianapolis, and I grew up in the Chicago area...maybe it's a Chicago term? Anyone else use it? If not, what do you call them?
I've never heard that. I've always called them "high water pants." I think I picked it up from my dad.
I usually or use to hear High Waters but I have heard Floods too.
When I was a teenager in Southern Ontario, they were called "flood pants" (not "floods"). I haven't heard anybody younger than me say it in years, though.
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We say floods here too.
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...there are people whose pants are too short?
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
Imagine if a tall person put your pants on.
Oh! Okay! Well, I've always heard "high waters," or "Holy crap those are short!" but, I've never had to deal with that personally.Originally posted by Peeta Mellark
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
Well, I remember it as a grammar school thing, when kids would grow out of their pants before the end of the year.Oh! Okay! Well, I've always heard "high waters," or "Holy crap those are short!" but, I've never had to deal with that personally.
"Highwaters" for sure. They were associated with socially hopeless loser kids. The ultimate nerdy loser wore dark high waters, white socks, and black shoes. Is this stereotype still in force today? I think so ...
It's the Steve Urkel look, though I don't think that reference is particularly current ...
You mean trousers, don't you.
Please tell me you mean trousers, otherwise the answer would be a piece of floss.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Hee! Yes, she means trousers. Overwear.
So, I'll whisper in the dark, hoping you'll hear me.
ha ha, yes, I did mean trousers. [simpsons ringo] In America, we call them "pants." [/simpsons ringo]
Last edited by Sarahfeena; 14 Jan 2011 at 02:10 PM.
It's a funny word, pants.
Pants. Pants pants pants pants pants.
Pants pants pants pants pants pants pants pants pantspants.
Pants.
I've heard "floods", but "highwaters" is more common. It might be a regional thing, as I think I've heard floods from my family from your neck of the woods, Sarah.
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
Interesting. I don't think I ever heard "highwaters" until I was grown up.
I grew up midway between Sarafeena, her friend and Queen Tonya and call them high water pants. I've heard floods, but it was far from common.
Never heard of those terms. If these pants pants pants pants pants pants pants pants (there you go, Orual) are the same ones I'm thinking of, we call them bermuda shorts, or 3/4 pants.
They were "floods," or "floodies." Now I call them, "Oh, what the hell. It's laundry day and I don't have to leave the house, and if I do I probably won't run into anyone I know, I hope..."
Interesting. Here, "bermuda shorts" are actual shorts, but longer, tailored ones...sort of like chinos hemmed right above the knee. Women wear short, calf-length pants, and we call them capris.
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