A guy said he liked my joggers. I said "my shoes?" He said, "No, your pants." Just some thin Adidas sweatpants.

I have a whole list of words that I dislike (Umami, Vegan, Empath etc.), I'm not sure if I'm gonna add this to it. I don't know the full meaning of it, nor will I research it. I'm trying to embrace aging with the proper dismissal of that which annoys me for petty reasons.

Happy May 21st!

I forgot to add my man.

My friend from Cali used to call sneakers, running shoes. What's up with that?

Quote
mrbigstuff
My friend from Cali used to call sneakers, running shoes. What's up with that?

So where are you from again?

I pride myself on being a vegan empath who enjoys the taste of umami while wearing joggers, my man.

---

Freya says, 'Hello from NOLA, baby!' (Laissez bon temps rouler!)

Quote
mrbigstuff
My friend from Cali used to call sneakers, running shoes. What's up with that?

There definitely regional takes on these things. It's collapsing though.

My cousins in the East (NY/NJ) call all athletic shoes "sneakers." We on the West Coast, never, ever called any athletic shoe sneakers. We called them all "Tennis Shoes" regardless of the purpose of the shoe.

We called Converse (Chuck Taylor) "Stars" or "All-Stars), most Stars. Now everybody calls them "Chucks." Even my friends that used to call them Stars, have caved into calling them Chucks.

When Crack Cocaine became a thing (after Freebasing), the term "Crack" was just an Eastern term. In the West, they called them "Rocks." The East Coast expression took over since that's were national media was based.

Give it 4 months.

---

In tha 360. MRF User Map

Quote
datbeme

Quote
mrbigstuff
My friend from Cali used to call sneakers, running shoes. What's up with that?

So where are you from again?

Those people talk funny

In the Chicago area, all brands and flavors of soda pop were referred to as a “Coke.”

Edit: And a baseball glove was always called a “mitt,” whether it was a glove for a catcher, infielder or outfielder.

---

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2022 02:51PM by Yoyodyne ArtWorks.

.....british.....trainers....

---

_____________________________________

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

When I was about 5 to 10 mostly wore converse or keds . Everybody called them tenny runners . And you always stripped the rubbery material off the ankle with the logo .



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2022 03:28PM by srf1957.

joggers are what the brands themselves call them

Saw some in the Costco book.

"Yoggers" is my prefered pronunciation.

---

=wr=

Quote
srf1957
When I was about 5 to 10 mostly wore converse or keds .

PF Flyers

Don't make me bust out the Cortez!

In the UK, sneakers are "trainers".

---

My life goes smoothly and in regular intervals



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2022 05:48PM by ka jowct.

We called them all "Tennis Shoes" regardless of the purpose of the shoe.

My friends and I called them that too when I was a young 'un! Funny how you called them that two thousand miles away.

And, here in Detroit, and most of MI, we call soda "pop". Everyone knows where I'm from when I ask for pop...

---

In memoriam...

Disclaimer: This post is checked for correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Any attempts at humor are solely the responsibility of the author and bear no claim that any and all readers will approve or appreciate said attempt at humor.
My name is DP, and I approve this message.

yeah, I thought that the midwest was "pop" territory and the "coke" thing was from the south.

I think, although I'm open to being corrected, that "sweatpants" has come to mean the pants that have a loose cuff -- and "joggers" are the pants that have the cuff with elastic that grips your leg, although not necessarily tightly. And the pants that had elastic but the pantslegs were long and loose enough to flop down and obscure the cuff seem to be obsolete.

---

Quote
$tevie
I think, although I'm open to being corrected, that "sweatpants" has come to mean the pants that have a loose cuff -- and "joggers" are the pants that have the cuff with elastic that grips your leg, although not necessarily tightly. And the pants that had elastic but the pantslegs were long and loose enough to flop down and obscure the cuff seem to be obsolete.

The ones I have use a zipper which does grip your calf to your ankle. I'm wearing Joggers, though my neighbor guy says he calls them soccer pants.

A rose by any otter name….

---

Roswell, GA (Atlanta suburb)

Quote
ka jowct
In the UK, sneakers are "trainers".

...and before that (i.e. when I lived there) they were "plimsolls" (the name comes from the plimsoll line that is painted at the waterline of a ship because plimsolls generally had a white line painted around their perimeter).

---

"In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion." (1987) -- Carl Sagan

Quote
$tevie
I think, although I'm open to being corrected, that "sweatpants" has come to mean the pants that have a loose cuff -- and "joggers" are the pants that have the cuff with elastic that grips your leg, although not necessarily tightly. And the pants that had elastic but the pantslegs were long and loose enough to flop down and obscure the cuff seem to be obsolete.

Agreed. While I refer to all of these things as sweatpants myself, I think that term conjures notions of baggy, heavy, unflattering cotton loungewear. " Joggers" sounds a bit more stylish and tailored...and more marketable

Quote
DP
And, here in Detroit, and most of MI, we call soda "pop". Everyone knows where I'm from when I ask for pop...

And it wasn’t a “soda” unless it had ice cream in it.

At least yoga pants are universally known.

---

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

.....does one jiggle.....in joggers.....???

---

_____________________________________

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

In my parts, we call them "tennies" I guess from Tennis Shoes.

---

San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981

"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater

Quote
Rolando
In my parts, we call them "tennies" I guess from Tennis Shoes.

My mother would call them tennies in her light moments.

Quote
jonny

---

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

.....there was an HBO show called 'The Leftovers'......one of the lead, Justin Theroux, who was married to Jennifer Anniston......there is a scene with him jogging in sweatpants......it is evident that he didn't wear any underwear and his uhm.....is rather large....there are 'fans' who have that scene slowed down....and enlarged.....you can see it 'jiggling'.....

---

_____________________________________

I reject your reality and substitute my own!