Funny slang for clothes…

Our plimsolls were ‘ jimmies ‘ ie gym shoes.

In the north east plimsolls are called sand shoes or sannies for short.

Knickerloochees!!!

My aunt used to call her knickers "bags"

A bra is an upperdecker flopper stopper.

My grown up kids call my big pants applecatchers

We don't just underwear...lol

I grew up in NZ.
Togs for swimwear.
Jandals for flipflops
Sand shoes
Frocks
Satchel
Pumps

Not sure why but my sister calls her underwear her ' particulars'!!!!

In Scotland when we were young, I'd never heard the word 'plimsolls'. We called them sand shoes - or gym shoes. My granny, who hailed from Dundee always called a vest a 'semmit'. I'm not sure if that was the term in other parts of Scotland.
Didn't everyone use 'frocks' when we were young? My mum made us all of our frocks.

I love knickeroonies!
I think I’m going to start using that.

Hiraeth

In Wales we called swim-suits “Bathers” and sport shoes “Daps”

When we moved to Wales I was puzzled when youngest DC started nursery and the list of requirements included daps and a dap bag 😁

They're pumps.

I had a knitted swimsuit when I was about six, in fact I've still got a pattern if anyone would like one.

MissAdventure

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.

We all wore them!

My Mum was a great knitter.

Jumpers and sweaters are referred to as jerseys. My granny always called knickers her britches.

I had completely forgotten ‘chuddies’ for pants. Glorious… 😂

I remember the awful walk up the beach in my gold coloured knitted swimsuit. It sagged down to my knees. My aunt made us elasticated crinkly ones which were much better. She also made us knickers and nightdresses from parachute silk and curtains from old linen plans (my Grandfather was in the civil service and had to work in his seventies as it was just after the war). I suppose shortages and rationing had a lot to do with it.

In Bristol is was always Daps and Dap bag for school plimsolls. Also underskirt for petticoat or slip.
Moved to Kent and shops didn't know what I was talking about lol.

Last night I saw a new word for knickers in a book I was reading - ‘step-ins’.

I have not heard that term But I like it. I refer to them as Underoos around my clan

In the South West and Wales, pumps or gym shoes are always daps.

When I was little I had a couple of pairs of knickers that came right up above my waist which my mum called my chester drawers. Cue lots of giggles.

When I was at school, if your petticoat (!) had dipped below the hem of your skirt we always said "Look out, Charlie's dead". Heaven knows why ...

My dad used to call his trousers (not his underpants) “ratters”. I never did know where this word came from, but maybe it’s a word that ratcatchers use - trousers with string round the ankles to stop the rats going up their legs. I have a vivid imagination obviously! However, he wasn’t a ratcatcher. He was an army man for several years in his 20’s/30’s, including several years during WWII in the Far East and he had some cockney colleagues so maybe it was a cockney term?! He used a lot of cockney terms. Or maybe he did do a bit of rat catching out in the jungle?

Shreddies.

Donkey jacket
Trainees

Knitted swimming costumes were an idea that never caught on. For the obvious reason that they sagged when wet. Didn't matter what they were made of.

My father was in the army in India during the war. He was involved in supplies and we used to get sent parachute silk that my mother made into underwear and also we had dressing gowns made from old army blankets. I still have an old army blanket up in the linen cupboard.