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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: "kickers in a twist"
Message-ID: <322@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 13:46:21 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 13:46:21 1985
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In article <852@uwmacc.UUCP> demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>                   With regards to the expression: "KNICKERS IN A
>TWIST" for having sex: does this have any relation to the
>current Americanized expression "DON'T GET YOUR UNDIES IN A BUNDLE" which
>is a euphemism for "don't get upset" ???
>
For at least the last ten years that I know of (starting when  I  lived  in
England, ca. '73-'75) "don't get your knickers in a twist" has meant "don't
get upset".  There was even a (briefly) popular song by that title  in  the
early '70s.  I've never encountered the "... undies in a bundle" expression
before.  I must be leading a sheltered life these days {sigh}.
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