Unmentionables

[DailyDi]

lol, that's my Mom's latest name for boxes of diapers that arrive. "Your unmentionables came."

[sarah_ab]

hahahaha! thats rad!

[hidden]

Well, a lot of people don't want to mention them so that description is accurate.

[PrincessDragonette]

I like it! I'm going to start saying this .

[DiaperBigBoy]

What does she call the stuff she wears under her clothes? What do your dad call them?

[Dougie]

I guess more of my unmentionables will be arriving next week.

[Bettypooh]

"Unmentionables" is a Victorian-era euphemism for underwear, which polite people didn't speak of openly back then

Bettypooh

[rusty pins]

Once they are used, they become like Elliot Ness - "The Untouchables"

[curiositykilledthecat]

I need to order a new case of unmentionables once I get paid next week.

Gross is doing your laundry as a teenager and finding that your mother has slipped some of her undies in with your wash. *shudders*

[PrincessDragonette]

"Unmentionables" is a Victorian-era euphemism for underwear, which polite people didn't speak of openly back then

Bettypooh

I didn't even think to make the connection, but you're right. Online Etymology Dictionary Cool!

[krinklypants]

Ha! My mom uses the same word!

[Kalbintion]

my mom, seeing she found out i wear them but not any of the other baby stuff, just called them by their brand name lol. didnt use any special word! Though, i won't expect her to at all. i expect to not be living here either by the end of college with my own place. who cares then, right?

[AutieAB]

Hehe it works. I always find it hard to say "diapers" to my wife for some stupid mental/psychological reason.

"What's that [box on the porch]?"

"Oh, it's just some unmentionables"

might try that

[Three Rivers]

The term "unmentionables" has been around for quite a while. A term that a lot of older adults refer to as undergarments (panties,bra, underwear).

But stated like she did, is still funny.