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Underpinnings?

FranandZoe — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 23:57:28 GMT

I thought underpinnings referred to underwear.

Amy keeps referring to pretty underpinnings - even saying jeans are underpinnings.

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skatting44 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:03:20 GMT

Yea, I heard that to. I thought she was going to showcase some Brezzie or Jocky under pants . Guess , it's her theme tonight

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PA Mom-mom — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:17:39 GMT

@FranandZoe I don't remember the exact quote, but in the film "Ball of Fire," Gary Cooper (Prof. Potts) refers to the "rather uninspired? underpinnings of Miss Bragg." Miss Bragg was the stout matron of the bachelor abode of the professors writing a dictionary. He was comparing her to the very attractive Barbara Stanwick's Sugarpuss O'Shay. I think he was referring to her legs.That's the only time I can recall hearing the word used to anything like that.

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Bookplate — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:21:02 GMT

In its original meaning it refers to a foundation, particularly a solid foundation, either architectural or theoretical (ideas). Its not really a fashion term so I guess it can be used or abused as the speaker wishes.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:24:27 GMT

Amy seems to lack the basic understanding of many words an educated person should know. Unfortunately, there's no way of telling her she's mistaken, even on her Facebook page. So she duplicates the same error repeatedly.

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MezzieStarr — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:30:02 GMT

An old fashioned word from the 1800s or earlier - think bloomers and petticoats.

I've lived 40 plus years and have never uttered that word in my life. 🤣 Only ever hear it on QVC.

It's definitely not jeans. But I've heard Amy use it to describe t-shirts too.

un•der•pin•ning (un′dər pin′ing), n.

a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
Often, underpinnings. a foundation or basis:to uncover the emotional underpinnings of an illness.
Informal Terms, underpinnings:
- Clothing underwear, esp. women's underwear.
- the legs.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:32:12 GMT

@Bookplate wrote:
In its original meaning it refers to a foundation, particularly a solid foundation, either architectural or theoretical (ideas). Its not really a fashion term so I guess it can be used or abused as the speaker wishes.

@Bookplate When I enter underpinnings in Google, I get lists of lingerie stores, among other things that don't relate what Amy was talking about.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:39:37 GMT

Underpinnings in garments are hard and stiff structures like you see in the bodice of some gowns and in corsets called boning.

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Bookplate — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:09:16 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:

@Bookplate wrote:
In its original meaning it refers to a foundation, particularly a solid foundation, either architectural or theoretical (ideas). Its not really a fashion term so I guess it can be used or abused as the speaker wishes.
@Bookplate When I enter underpinnings in Google, I get lists of lingerie stores, among other things that don't relate what Amy was talking about.

@Kachina624 How funny! Are you looking under the shopping tab? I just did it and mostly see rather boring masonry references. I would think that given the original meaning, any reference to underwear would be to girdles and corsets with boned-in fortifications, as it were. My grandmother swore by these. Some of the hosts' language reminds me of Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland : "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean..."

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rms1954 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:09:49 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Amy seems to lack the basic understanding of many words an educated person should know. Unfortunately, there's no way of telling her she's mistaken, even on her Facebook page. So she duplicates the same error repeatedly.

I actually sent her a message on FB letting her know it was not "in this day of age" as she repeatedly kept saying, and it's "in this day and age." She responded "Well son of a gun. thank you. I had no idea."

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SilleeMee — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:29:09 GMT

I try not to criticize how a person chooses their words to convey a message or idea. I grew up in a bilingual family where English was not the primary language and I learned English in school but at home it was different. I was often made fun of because of the words I chose or how i pronounced them. I wonder if AS came from a similar situ.

My mom bought a new Toyota car one time and she called it an "Uplift". The model was actually called a "Lift-back'...lol! We all got it but it was funny.

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Nonametoday — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 01:41:49 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@FranandZoe I don't remember the exact quote, but in the film "Ball of Fire," Gary Cooper (Prof. Potts) refers to the "rather uninspired? underpinnings of Miss Bragg." Miss Bragg was the stout matron of the bachelor abode of the professors writing a dictionary. He was comparing her to the very attractive Barbara Stanwick's Sugarpuss O'Shay. I think he was referring to her legs.That's the only time I can recall hearing the word used to anything like that.

@PA Mom-mom

That's a British term for legs: Pins and underpinnings are stiff structured things so it could be for jeans, if she has someone in her household who is speaking in the old British language. I think even Lady Di called them that.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:50:37 GMT

@Bookplate I saw those technical terms too. I think the word evolved in the early 20th Century to include all of a lady's underwear. I certainly never used the term but I've often read it in books and heard it in theatrical productions

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SilleeMee — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:54:18 GMT

In dressmaker terms an underpinning is something you pin to the underside of a garment to give it structure, shape or form.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 02:54:54 GMT

@rms1954 When I tried to message her on Facebook to tell her how to pronounce ochre, there was no way to send comments to her. I'm not a Facebook whiz. Remember when she always called it okra?

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Icegoddess — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:01:48 GMT

My husband insists on using the non-word dwadle instead of dawdle.

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rms1954 — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:14:16 GMT

@Icegoddess wrote:
My husband insists on using the non-word dwadle instead of dawdle.

I have a list of words mine insists on mispronouncing. I keep correcting him but he does it now just to annoy me.

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millieshops — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 08:13:27 GMT

@MezzieStarr Thanks for posting the dictionary info. I knew the most common use of the word, but not the final definition listed. (First new fact of the day for me since I'm still catching up on yesterday!)

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RespectLife — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:42:18 GMT

@rms1954 wrote:
@Kachina624 wrote:
Amy seems to lack the basic understanding of many words an educated person should know. Unfortunately, there's no way of telling her she's mistaken, even on her Facebook page. So she duplicates the same error repeatedly.
I actually sent her a message on FB letting her know it was not "in this day of age" as she repeatedly kept saying, and it's "in this day and age." She responded "Well son of a gun. thank you. I had no idea."

Seriously? You went to the bother ? LOL

I don't really care about a host's lack of grammatical etiquette....I care more about seeing the colors, hearing the fabric content, sizing etc.

The rest is just babble and doesn't resonate with me at all.

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faeriemoon — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:51:54 GMT

I always thought it was underwear. It's not a word I generally use.