Are (over)pants underpants if you don’t wear something under them?
this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2025
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How long does your pubic hair have to be to qualify as underpants?
Depends on how fat your ass is. But anywhere from 3 to 6 feet.
What if you wear underpants over your pants? Does that makes pants overpants underpants pants.
You're gonna need to check with a kindergarten teacher. They're actually trained to answer questions like that.
That makes you Superman
That's called free balling and no.
How many pants could underpants pants if underpants could pants pants?
Six.
Seven if it's a woodchuck in underpants.
The brits neatly sidestep this quandry by calling them pants and trousers respectively, and I think they've honestly got the superior system there. I mean one of our American gods (Superman) wears them on the outside, how can we continue in good conscience to call them "under"-pants?
Are they still underpants if you're wearing them over pants?
Superman enters the chat.
Well they are not overpants
Akshually, those are tights, not pants. And those "underpants" are short pants.
What about the waterproof overpants that keep your regular pants dry?????
Look man, I'm trying here. I don't have all the answers so you'll have to figure some things out for yourself. Good luck.
::jumps onto sky cycle and flies away::
You're right, they're just over legs at that point.
yes
Should my dog see a vet if it underpants?
Not if it's nose is still wet.
But they shouldn't drive to the vet, just in case.
The yanks had it wrong; underpants never existed. Just pants and trousers
Is it still an underpass if you're not passing anything?
Is it still an overpass if you ain't over shit?
They are panties
Inpantception 2: Under the Underpants
I suggest establishing a formal hierarchy of *-pants, with individual terms to distinguish shape, purpose and colour in conjunction with effective and/or absolute layer. And you should be the one to do it, because I don't have time for that.
4th dimensional pants (Hyperpants)
Layer-0 pants are the ones touching your arse.
Layer-1 pants cover Layer-0 (tights, stockings, trousers).
Layer-2 pants (optional) cover Layer-1 (shorts over tights, trousers, etc..)
Simple
Layer-3 pants (optional, temporary) - Protective legwear. (Snow pants, motorcycle/horseback chaps, shin guards)
Layer -(-1) privledged layer, accessible only through permission system
With diagrams explaining, in detail, the purpose and function of each layer. By Monday, or you're fired.