Ladies, 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? http://t.co/2QCP5NNr
— 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. http://t.co/5SP3a9vH
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) February 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/302622446245269504
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… http://t.co/il9P2VBF #IsThisRealLife? Or #Parody?
— Amanda Read Sheik (@SincerelyAmanda) February 16, 2013
Apparently liberal women dislike the word "panties" which means I probably need to find ways to use it more often http://t.co/NS6uEZND
— Jason B. Whitman, OD (@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.
https://twitter.com/samanthaszcyrek/status/302666688862773248
https://twitter.com/hiddlest0ner/status/302691561119035392
I HATE the word panties like NO
— Ma (@2L2Q_) February 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/yogadominatrix/status/302637739818504194
https://twitter.com/kylieshayy/status/302620958898941953
I hate the word panties ??
— Kriss (@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 ? (@AshleyRayerr) February 15, 2013
If you say the word "panties" then I will walk away.
— Caleb, The Bear ? (@Catmannnn) February 16, 2013
Panties.
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