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Jess and Rob are unravelling the origins of our words for fabric and clothing in this highly fashionable episode of Words Unravelled.

🩲 Why do ‘pants’ mean different things in the UK and US?
👖 Which city are your jeans named after?
🪶 What’s flappy about a ‘flapper girl’?
✈️ Is ‘nylon’ really named after New York and London?

These questions answered, and many more, in our most unravelly episode of Words Unravelled.

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==LINKS==
Rob’s YouTube channel: / robwords
Jess’ Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris

#etymology #wordfacts #English

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