@JohnEkdahl So the words "panties" has got their, um, panties in a wad?
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T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) February 16, 2013Ladies, if you like your panties, you can keep them … as long as you don’t actually call them “panties.” Giving new meaning to “panty raid,” the self-parodying language cops have your undies in their crosshairs. Really:
The word 'panties' is awful. Can anything be done to get rid of it? theatln.tc/YkwAKn—
The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 15, 2013
“Can this simultaneously too-sexualized and too-babyish nickname be retired?” asks The Atlantic.
With her panties in a full-blown twist, writer Sarah Fentem insists she’s not against “sexy words” like “lick” and “dildo” — it’s just that the word “panties” is “infantilizing” and borders on “degrading.” One of her friends suggests the terms ”top undies” and “bottom undies” to replace “bra” and “panties.”
@LilMissRightie Your feminist friends have found their new outrage. theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/…—
John Ekdahl, Jr. (@JohnEkdahl) February 16, 2013
That's up there w/this petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-… RT @JohnEkdahl
Your feminist friends have found their new outrage. theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/… …—
(@LilMissRightie) February 16, 2013
a recent post on @TheAtlantic is called "panties is a terrible word". i stood by you during having-it-all-gate, but that's it. i'm done.—
Stefanie Kim (@stefaniesays) February 15, 2013
Word Police, get a life. Please… theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/… #IsThisRealLife? Or #Parody?—
Amanda Read (@SincerelyAmanda) February 16, 2013
Apparently liberal women dislike the word "panties" which means I probably need to find ways to use it more often ow.ly/hLHJT—
Dr. Jason B. Whitman (@JasonBWhitman) February 16, 2013
Fentem isn’t alone. She cites writers at HuffPo and Cracked who share her “disgust.”
Yes, the word “disgust” is used. Hilariously, the panty-police movement has some support on Twitter.
the word panties upsets me to the point where if someone says it i give them a dirty look and im not sure why—
sam (@samanthaszcyrek) February 16, 2013
The word panties makes me want to throw up—
eilidh. (@hiddlest0ner) February 16, 2013
I HATE the word panties like NO—
TwoTrayssssss (@Matray_) February 16, 2013
I also abhor the word "panties".—
JanusJanis (@yogadominatrix) February 16, 2013
#SomethingIHate the word "panties"—
kylie shay.✞ (@kylieshayy) February 16, 2013
I hate the word panties 🙉🙉—
Kristaa (@TheMissPriss_) February 15, 2013
I hate absolutely fuckin hate the word "panties". 😣—
Cierra Reed ✌ (@CiiReed15) February 15, 2013
The word "panties" makes me cringe.—
Ash hole (@AshleyRayerr) February 15, 2013
If you say the word "panties" then I will walk away.—
Nun_Lookin_For_Fun(; (@Catmannnn) February 16, 2013
Panties.
