Where did "pan*ty in a bunch" saying come from?
As a girl who is wearing panties from the age of 2, they never get in a bunch...HAHA...
No seriosly...there must be a logic behind it??
2006-09-14 01:21:32 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Having one's panties in a bunch would be uncomfortable, and cause one to be in an irritable mood.
So saying "why are your panties in a bunch" is the equivalent to saying "why are you so irritable."
A bee in one's bonnet, a burr in one's saddle, and (ahem) a bug up one's a** mean the same thing.
2006-09-14 01:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Across the Atlantic in the UK, they say "knickers in a twist". It apparently comes from the days before elastics when ladies undergarments would roll up between their legs and cause serious discomfort (especially when a hair or two is caught in the process). You could probably test the feeling by wearing men's boxers for a day.
The problem gets exasperated by obesity.
2006-09-14 01:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Moose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tee hee! Over here in the UK, we say 'knickers in a twist', it means exactly the same thing and it's used to describe when someone gets all 'obstropolous', like awkward or stroppy!
I don't know how it crossed over the Atlantic and changed to the sentence you describe, but the urban dictionary has this definition...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=panties+in+a+bunch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knickers
2006-09-14 01:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by Alfa Female 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For clothing worn by men and boys, see knickerbockers (clothing). For other uses, see knickerbocker.
Women's undergarmentsIn the United Kingdom, Ireland and some fellow Commonwealth nations, knickers is a term for panties or similar women's undergarments: "Don't get your knickers in a twist" (i.e. "don't panic," or, in US usage "don't get your panties in a bunch."). George Cruikshank, whose illustrations are classic icons for Charles Dickens' works, also did the illustrations for Irving's droll History of New York when it was published in London. He showed the old-time Knickerbockers in their loose Dutch breeches, and by 1859, short loose ladies undergarments, a kind of abbreviated version of pantalettes or pantaloons, were knickers in England. After World War I, very loose ladies' knickers were called "taxi treats", when the driver was asked to take the long way round the Park.
2006-09-14 01:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Krazykraut 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just sit here and imagine if your panties were in a wad. How would you feel; how would you react? For me, I'd hate it and wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else until I unwadded them. LOL And I'd probably be a little grumpy.
2006-09-14 01:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by Lady J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pan ty in a bunch means slow down don't be in a hurry
2006-09-14 01:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by carolea_lamblin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
panties in a bunch usually doesnt feel great and when you dont feel good you tend to be grouchy.
When i got my panties in a bunch look out!!!
2006-09-14 01:24:16 · answer #7 · answered by Mariah&Lydias_Mom 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really don't know. I'm thinking only a male could think of something so weird and somewhat disgusting.
2006-09-14 01:24:08 · answer #8 · answered by Bailey 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of that saying before.
2006-09-14 01:24:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i thought the saying was 'don't get your knickers in a twist"
2006-09-14 01:24:22 · answer #10 · answered by daisymay 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋