Funny slang for clothes…

AskAlice

When I was very small (just starting school at 4) I didn't realise that not everyone knew what a titfer was! I also told my teacher that I had been "Tom and Dick" at home, and had to explain to her what it meant (she lived in Barnet and had no idea!)

I still slip into my parents' language occasionally even now and say "frock" to my DGD - she just looks totally confused

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We all said titfer ( tit for tat, hat) and various other Cockney slang like let’s have a butchers ( butchers hook, look).
Dad called his underwear ‘unmentionables’.

I used to love the comedy programme 'Goodness Gracious Me' and they introduced the word chuddies (I assume it was spelt like that) meaning pants. Back in the day blazers were often referred to as bum freezers and of course there is a wealth of Cockney rhyming slang words for clothes eg. whistle (suit), turtles (gloves), tile (hat), daisies (boots) and dicky (shirt) to name a few. Back in the 1960s open toed sandals were called Jesus boots.

Yes, we always said "pumps " in Manchester.

Elrel - plimsolls were "pumps" for me in the NW too.

In 1960 my Camberwell kids thought it hilarious that I (from Birmingham) called their plimsolls ‘pumps’. They were delighted when I put an ancient men’s size single plimsoll found in a cupboard in the bin. Apparently it was the previous teacher’s ‘slipper’ used for punishment.

In the WRAF in the 70s we called ladies knickers 22Bs (I think) after the supply code for the big ones we had for PE, also called NAAFI knickers. I can still hear the songs we sang about them in my head. Men’s undies were called shreddies.

Cossie for swim suit

When I was very small (just starting school at 4) I didn't realise that not everyone knew what a titfer was! I also told my teacher that I had been "Tom and Dick" at home, and had to explain to her what it meant (she lived in Barnet and had no idea!)

I still slip into my parents' language occasionally even now and say "frock" to my DGD - she just looks totally confused

Budgie smugglers.

When I was a child, our teacher would threaten us with "the dap". Actually, being hit on the bottom with a plimsoll didn't hurt a lot, but maybe she was gentle with it.

Jim jams

Georgesgran

Billy Connolly’s story of his knitted swimming trunks is hilarious.

I shall look that up, thanks.

I'm a bit disappointed to realise we don't have too many words for clothes, apart from the proper ones.

Billy Connolly’s story of his knitted swimming trunks is hilarious.

In Canada, ginch for men's, or tighty-whities.

Swimwear (all kinds) is dookers here.

Mens underpants are knackercrackers here in Yorkshire

Baffies for slippers. (Scotland)

Depending where I lived they ve been
plimsols, pumps, runners, and daps
Pjs for pyjama's
Knickknocks for undies

Pjs - pyjamas
DJs- dressing gown
Daps- plimsolls

My friend had to walk from the sea to where her mum was, with great droopy bits of her swimming cossie hanging down.

Maybe the yarn that was used?
Her mum was desperately poor.

MissAdventure my imagination is running away with me .Knitted bathers that stretch when they’re [wet ]

Titfer. Hat.

Sand shoes are sannies in this house but never plimsolls. A flat cap is a bunnet.

Daisy roots. Boots.