Hmmm there are quite a few of these… Ok these are UK/us mostly.
America: fanny - backside
UK: fanny - the other side (!)
America: rubber - condom
UK: rubber - something you use to erase pencil marks.
UK and others: Durex - Condom brand
Others: Durex - sticky tape
US: Suspenders - things for holding trousers up
UK: Suspenders - things for holding stockings up. Used with a suspender belt and with, or without, other underwear…
USA: Pants - leg coverings e.g. blue jeans
Most of the UK: Pants - things you wear under your blue jeans (unless ”going commando”)
What do they call “fanny packs” in the UK? Vagina pouches?
Bum bags.
…but nobody wears them since a very brief stint in the 80s.
Oh, they’re coming round in popularity, particularly among Gen Z.
You’re supposed to wear them on your feet???
Only if you’re feeling hot
Australia: Kids wear thongs.
The US: Kids root for something.
Swap the country, and it gets super creepy.
When you were a kid thongs were footwear and underwear, as well as the material for fastening the lash of a whip. You just used one definition.
Sisqo’s “Thong Song” is more or less two decades old so I guess you’re old!
LOL about a month after a trip to Maui some people at work were discussing how long tans lasted, and I announced that I still had a “thong tan” - meaning the Y-shaped tan lines on my feet. After a few seconds of silence I heard it in my head and clarified, to everyone’s relief.
