The thread on what we’re wearing mentions underwear a few times. Are people adopting the ambivalent American term? Do you mean pants?
Underwear in English includes bra, knickers, petticoats, chemises. For men it would be pants and vests.
Why are American euphemisms usually vague, like bathroom for loo and nothing to do with baths? Their puppies also go potty or go to the bathroom, which means wee or poo.
When I was a child we weren’t allowed to say toilet because it was American, so we’ve had creeping Americanisms for a long time.
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