skiddies
Skiddies is British slang for underpants, typically men's underwear.
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Skiddies is British slang for underpants, typically men's underwear. The term is informal and slightly crude, playing on the association with skid marks (the staining left inside underwear). It sits in the same register as 'grundies,' 'kecks,' or 'shreddies' as affectionate or jokey names for underwear. The register is laddish and informal; it's the kind of word you'd use among friends rather than in any formal context. Common in British English across age groups.
He lost his bag at the airport and spent three days wearing the same skiddies, which he was not proud of.
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(UK, slang) Underpants.
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A British colloquial variant of 'knickers' — women's underwear. The '-ies' suffix adds a softened, familiar, almost childlike quality to the word, making it sound less clinical and more playfully casual. It's the sort of word your nan might use when folding laundry, or that pops up in light British comedy. In everyday use it's interchangeable with 'knickers,' just slightly quirkier.
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