I can't recall ever hearing it referred to as a housecoat except from my mother. Today I saw Donovan McNabb on tv with his mom and they mentioned housecoat. Just curious because it brought back memories.
2007-12-16 09:54:16 · 17 answers · asked by Jacks036 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
yes...but I am 52
2007-12-16 09:56:39 · answer #1 · answered by Patti_Ja 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No but I love the word housecoat and maybe I'll start calling my robe my housecoat. It makes me think of my Nana! Or Homer Simpson when he gained weight to go on disability and began wearing a "moo moo"...I know that's not the right spelling but you get the point.
2007-12-16 10:36:19 · answer #2 · answered by Kris D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my book, a robe and a housecoat are two different things.
A robe is tied around the middle and is often used in the morning and often before and after a shower.
A house coat is worn by women, buttons or zips up the front. In a different era, they were used while house cleaning or just goofing off around the house, so as to not get your dress dirty. Often they had really bad flowery prints.
2007-12-16 09:58:23 · answer #3 · answered by ∞ sky3000 ∞ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wow...I haven't heard the word housecoat since I was in grade school. My mom was the only one who ever called it a housecoat, but I never did. Thanks for the memories. My "housecoat" was ivory with red roses. Yikes!
2007-12-16 10:02:00 · answer #4 · answered by business as usual 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always just called it a robe, but if someone said bathrobe, or housecoat i'd know what they were talking about. Neither way of sayig it is weird or anything though.
2007-12-16 09:58:48 · answer #5 · answered by M W 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have always called it a housecoat. Chances are though I am as old as your mother.
2007-12-16 09:57:33 · answer #6 · answered by dizzy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Where I live (Ontario, Canada) everyone calls it a houseboat. You'd get funny looks to call it a bathrobe
2015-05-03 01:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Ethan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was called a housecoat back then and now we call it a robe.Some people are still old fashioned and still call it that
2007-12-16 09:59:33 · answer #8 · answered by mamaw2305 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
OMG, thats what my grandmother used to say!
My mom uses it too!
I say robe or housecoat actually...so both.
Is it a Midwest thing or a generational thing?
2007-12-16 10:04:04 · answer #9 · answered by Elle F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get out of the shower, and I wear my bathrobe around the house. And it keeps me warm. They are both, depending on how YOU use it.
2007-12-16 09:57:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably...It's an age thing...You had to have been there...in the 60s and early 70s
2007-12-16 09:58:46 · answer #11 · answered by Just Passing By 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋