Pants

As far as I see it mate, it's a pseudo non-intellectual 'daft' neo expression (probably of yankee origin) used by young British numb-heads (too deep for chavs possibly) immature, pubescent MTV expressionism ? (Yanky pants are keks naturally) and English pants are short bursts of breathlessless, I tink ?

Fritz Von While cleaning out her young son's room she finds a SADO-MASSOCHISTIC Mag. She shows it to her husband and says " What do you think we should do " ??? Dunno he says but I don't think we should spank him !!!

Shreddies are for breakfast

Yes, "pants" means not very good.....

From a dictionary of slang:

Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The first half was pants but I stayed until the end and it was actually a great film." [1990s]
Exclam. An exclamation of annoyance or frustration. From the noun, (above).

crap

I should add that this was not a reflection on Yeldarb's post

Trousers

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Originally posted by bhazen:
From context, I believe that this means "sucks", basically; I was hoping some UK forum participants could explain the origin of the expression.

It's what air-heads say instead of bollocks.

...or a polite substitution for bollocks, of course.

Not sure the real ale "Dog's pants" would sell so well, mind you

In the late-Sixties/Seventies, when hippieish expressions of positivity were au courant ("Groovy", "Far out" etc.), I attempted to put T.R.'s favourite expression "Bully" into pop cultural circulation.

I failed.

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Originally posted by domfjbrown:
Not sure the real ale "Dog's pants" would sell so well, mind you

I once drank several pints of death-strength ale in Wales called 'The Dog's Bollocks'!

It bloody was too...!

EW

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Originally posted by Earwicker:
I once drank several pints of death-strength ale in Wales called 'The Dog's Bollocks'!

Strongest beer I ever had was a brew local to Aberystwyth (forget the name)... coincided with the worst ass-kicking I've ever taken at darts, too.

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Originally posted by jayd:

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Originally posted by Earwicker:
I once drank several pints of death-strength ale in Wales called 'The Dog's Bollocks'!

Strongest beer I ever had was a brew local to Aberystwyth (forget the name)... coincided with the worst ass-kicking I've ever taken at darts, too.

Sorry, I told you a lie, it was called 'Bollock Twanger'; there IS a beer called The Dog's Bollocks, but it's a bit feeble by comparison!

EW

Bollock Twanger? What's the percentage?

Yep, Dog's Bollocks exists - had it loads of times in Reading's Hobgoblin pub - a great little place (especially as it has a no mobile phone policy).

It's a huge tragedy that the modern generation will never know what a real pub was like. The virtual reality offered today by the multinationals will never achieve reality outside of Disneyland.

The upside is the of superb range of beers on offer today compared with the pisspot Courage and Ushers spilt universally over far too many bars. Though thankfully there was always Bass to come home to. Though it was usually called: "Worthington E" or: "A pint of Worthy in a straight glass please Bert". Or even." A jug of Worthy please Bert".

Though I really can't remember Worthington ever making anything with its own name that wasn't better for cutting out the middleman.

Nime