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#908. bra, panties, nightie [shortening][euphemism][iconicity]

ǰʤŵϼǰΤΤäư褺äȵˤʤäƤݤ롥եåȳʤʤΤŤʤΤɽ魯ˤϷŪ shortening ФƤꡤؾ (diminutive) ղäƤΤ¿ȤΤǤ롥ɸ˵󤲤 bra (< brassiere), panties (< underpants), nightie (< nightdress) Ϥΰ˲᤮ʤä˽Τ¿褦˻פ롥ɽ魯äŪ˽ΤФäƤȤȤϤꤽǤꡤΤ˰û̷ΤФäƤȤȤʤΤ⤷ʤWeb3 -ie 1b ˤ⼡Τ褦ʵҤ롥

--- in names of articles of feminine apparel <nightie> <pantie>


եåȳ϶ưȤǤ롥ȳˤ뾦άȴä줬ΤǤС¾ζȳƱѤϤǤ롥ФơǶɤǤ Foster (143) ʤʤϤΤͿƤƤꡤ

A curious linguistic --- or psychological --- feature is that so many names of women's garments exist in a diminutive form (philologically, that is) ending in -ie, or -ies in the plural. Thus 'nightie', 'cammie' (a spoken form current up to the nineteen-twenties for 'camisole', enshrined in the compound 'cami-knickers'), and the unlovely 'combies', in addition to those incidentally mentioned above. The underlying and unconscious motive is possibly to lend an air of childish artlessness to words which are felt to have some element of taboo attached to them. Smallness in itself is of course supposed to be highly desirable by women in anything concerning their figures . . . .


ƤƤΤϡeuphemism κѤȡʪŪʾ˾ߵȸŪʾ˾ߵȤ iconicity κѤƯƤΤǤϤʤȤȤǤ롥ԤˤĤƤϡ[2010-08-09-1]ε#469. euphemism κפ (7) 򻲾Ȥ줿ԤˤĤƤϡ[2009-08-18-1]εָ̤Ф --- iconicityפ򻲾Ȥ줿
ˤƤ⡤֤襤餷פɵᤷƤ뤳ȤϳΤؾȤ -y ǤϤʤ -ie ֻѤƤ뤳Ȥ⡤Ȥˡ֤襤餷פФƤ褦˻פ롥Ǥϡե󥹸椺 -e ΤĽ餷ƤΤǤϤʤ

Foster, Brian. The Changing English Language. London: Macmillan, 1968. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.

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