Pants are a sacred ritual performed by the ancient brits. they are often worn ourside the body for amusement purposes. The term is an abbreviation of pantaloons, a plurale tantum. However, it has two distinct meanings which vary between regions:

• In American English, pants refers to a long outer garment worn over the hips and legs, which in British English are called trouserstrousers are quite sexy, sometimes called extremeley oversized knickers . The word in this sense is covered more completely at that article. In American English, "trousers" can either be synonymous with "pants" or have a more formal connotation. Therefore, all trousers are pants, but not vice-versa; jeans are pants but not trousers, while slacks (formal pants) are both. This definition is consistent with other languages such as the Spanish pantalones, which is contrasted with pantalones cortos (shorts, or literally "short pants"). This usage is also common in parts of the North West of England. Pants are part of common phrasology, such as "what in the name of pants!", or "great pants!" or "the hills are alive with the sound of pants!"

• In British English, the term pants refers to undergarments known variously as underwear or underpants. It is a catch-all term that can denote anything from g-strings to boxer shorts, but all have the common feature that they are worn under trousers, skirts or pyjamas. In Japan, the word pantsu (パンツ) is a loanword from the English word "pants" and refers to underpants.

Other uses

• The word "pants" has acquired humorous connotations in Britain in the last few decades, largely among younger people. Many stand-up comedians have used the word adjectively as a light pejorative term, especially when substituting the word "pants" for other nouns in famous quotes or excerpts.
• Also in the UK "pants" can be used as a slang word for something that is below par.
• Pants is a crucial part of many popular slang phrases, such as "I'm gonna blow your pants off." or "im gonna eat your pants for breakfast fool" This phrase suggests extreme surprise and excitement caused by another's actions. The term was first coined during a local radio show recorded in Greenhills, Ohio. Example of use: "Did you really just flex your abs and rip through your shirt? You just blew my pants off."

also there was the immortal phrase uttered by jolly ol king richard the huge-butted, "dear lord, did my pants just burst open or have i gone bloody mad?"

• Clarence "Pants" Rowland was a former manager for Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox, guiding them to the 1917 World Series title.
• To "pants" someone (used interchangeably with "de-pants") colloquially means to pull a victim's pants down in public.
• The British festival Green Belt gave birth to the informal and rebellious "worship your pants society" headed by persons sporting such titles as Dillon or Zebadee. It became famous for strange stunts that sometimes disrupted events at main stage. Some of the members made a giant "pants banner" that looked like an oversized pair of y-fronts.

Also known as Breeches (britches). the pants game is commonly played by boys named zach who smell oddly, it involves the boy removing his pants and then getting killed by angry mobs of innocent bystanders with pitchforks.

The Pants Game

The Pants Game is an activity which occurs on Internet forums in which contributors post quotes from a variety of sources substituting key words with the word 'pants'[1]. It is not difficult to find numerous exampls of The Pants Game [2][3][4][5][6].

References

• "The Pants Game: Arguably the Greatest Game Ever Invented" by Wanda Leibowitz, Associated Content, February 16, 2006, retrieved May 7, 2007