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Below the Belt

A list of 105 words by actung.

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Anything worn from the waist down.

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  • hernesheir commented on the list below-the-belt

    merkin, codpiece, sporran?

    December 30, 2010

  • actung commented on the list below-the-belt

    ha! sure, why not?

    December 30, 2010

  • actung commented on the list below-the-belt

    oh wait, but a sporran seems more like an accessory. according to the made-up rules in my head, i was thinking more stand-alone pieces (of which the merkin and codpiece surely are). :)

    December 30, 2010

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    How about riding skirt?

    December 30, 2010

  • hernesheir commented on the list below-the-belt

    I love the concept of *"made-up" rules in my head*, and I applaud you for having them and sticking by them! Somewhere, there is a list out there named "Made-up Rules in my Head".

    (Please don't nominate me to start it, ruzuzu.)

    December 30, 2010

  • bilby commented on the list below-the-belt

    nappy. chained_bear would surely suggest hamcases.

    December 30, 2010

  • chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt

    gaiters? spatterdashes? or their shortened version, spats? legwarmers?

    Of course all these don't involve what a TSA official recently called "the crotchal area," so I could see if they don't fit those made-up rules in your head.

    January 3, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    Fine, hernesheir. In that case, I nominate actung and/or chained_bear.

    Edit: or that TSA official.

    January 3, 2011

  • chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt

    Oh, I already have a couple lists about the crotchal area.

    Wait... that's not what you meant.

    January 4, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    Ha.

    In the meantime, I'd like to propose the word smallclothes for inclusion on this list.

    January 4, 2011

  • chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt

    Not all smallclothes are worn below the belt, however.

    January 4, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    Sure... but, for example, the Century Dictionary has this definition: "Knee-breeches, as distinguished from pantaloons and trousers; especially, the close-fitting knee-breeches of the eighteenth century. Also short clothes and smalls."

    January 4, 2011

  • chained_bear commented on the list below-the-belt

    Ah. I was operating on the older definition of smallclothes, meaning anything worn under the outer garments, which would include (for example) a woman's shift and a man's long shirt (long enough that the shirttails covered the crotchal area and almost down to the knees). I know from my very brief days wearing re-enactor clothes (don't ask) that "smallclothes" meant (means?) the whites that go under one's regimental coat, so obviously that could include the close-fitting knee breeches aforesaid.

    January 4, 2011

  • yarb commented on the list below-the-belt

    Sentences you only see on Wordnik, no. 96:

    "Ah. I was operating on the older definition of smallclothes..."

    January 5, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    *totally wants to ask about chained_bear's brief days wearing re-enactor clothes*

    January 5, 2011

  • yarb commented on the list below-the-belt

    "Brief days"! Ha, ha, ha.

    January 5, 2011

  • actung commented on the list below-the-belt

    catching up with the comments now.

    gaiters, yes. spatterdashes, yes, spats, no (getting too much into shoe territory). leg warmers, yes. smallclothes, according to the Wordnik definitions, yes.

    again all as per the "made up rules in my head." and how that would look as a list, i have no idea! i'll have to think on that.

    ditto re: chained_bear's re-enactor clothes-wearing days!

    January 5, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    hanselines

    January 5, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    skilts

    January 18, 2011

  • abigail commented on the list below-the-belt

    singlet

    February 16, 2011

  • actung commented on the list below-the-belt

    hmm, singlet seems to be above the belt?

    February 16, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    shintiyan

    March 7, 2011

  • ruzuzu commented on the list below-the-belt

    slop

    May 26, 2011

  • actung commented on the list below-the-belt

    slop? who knew! :)

    May 26, 2011