2006-06-08 17:29:54 · 12 answers · asked by southernserendipiti 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The Oxford English Dictionary defines fly as something attached by the edge as a fly is. Its first meaning is given in British army ordnances dated from 1844.
2006-06-08 17:47:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Europeans started getting into pants, as we know them, in the 16th century. Fly-front trousers were invented around 1650, although the flap didn't gain its flighty name till later. This center-front opening was considered a little risqué, and pants closures changed between a fly and a fall-front style for the next century or two.
i just finished off what joyce wrote... haha
In 1844, a book about military clothing made the first recorded use of "fly" to mean "pants opening."
2006-06-09 00:35:24 · answer #2 · answered by thevoicesjustgotlouder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flying is generally associated with saving time. You fly and save time. The early design of trousers did not have the provision of a fly and all men had to undo the trousers and lower them to do the job which wasted too much time and effort ( caomparable to travel by road). So when they designed a small little window it reduced the travel time to the loo and hence its was compared to flying. That small aperture in pants helps the little organ to fly to its destination rather than the long circuitous route- hence its called 'fly'
2006-06-09 00:33:09 · answer #3 · answered by Mash 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause the first time this ever happened the guy was so small it looked like a fly escaping. It was an "inside" joke that stuck around, hey did you see the fly?
2006-06-09 00:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by jondulea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the contents of the male pants have the ability to defy gravity , as a fly does (well not exactly like a fly does , but you get the idea).
2006-06-09 00:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by bob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One root of the word "fly" (meaning "to soar through the air") also implies "flapping." Several sites revealed that tent flaps, which cover the tent's fasteners, much like on your 501s, lent their name to fly-front pants. The first documented use of "fly" meaning "tent flap" was in 1810.
2006-06-09 00:34:02 · answer #6 · answered by NannyMcPhee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are the things you sit on called chairs? It's just the way it played out.
2006-06-09 00:32:20 · answer #7 · answered by Shane S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the buttons that are called flies ,not the opening.
they used to say do up your flies ,if it was unbuttened ,now they say zip up your pants
2006-06-09 00:32:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fly...
ummm....
can't even think of a funny acronym...
good question - ya got me stumped..
2006-06-09 00:33:25 · answer #9 · answered by pingin_69 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it zips, like the bug zips on by you.
2006-06-09 00:32:57 · answer #10 · answered by Davey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋