Question of the Day #54

"You should go commando when wearing blue jeans."

"What? No way!"

上記の会話で、commandoの意味は？
In the dialogue above, what does "commando" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


「下着を付けずにズボンをはく」

とあるが、厳密にいうと「下着を付けない」が正しい。

Answer

According to　Cambridge Dictionary:

to not wear any underwear

Etymology/語源

Quoraによると、

この使い方は、１９６０年代のイギリスの主に女性のことに関連しているとGraeme Donald氏が言っている。第二次世界大戦のロンドンのWest Endで働いていたPiccadily Commandosと称された娼婦に由来する。

According to Quora:

Slate magazine's Daniel Engber dates the modern usage to United States college campuses circa 1974, where it was perhaps associated with soldiers in the Vietnam War, who were reputed to go without underwear to "increase ventilation and reduce moisture." However, more recently, Graeme Donald has pointed out that the US Forces refer to "Rangers" rather than "Commandos", and that in any case, the phrase was in use in the UK, referring mainly to women, from the late 1960s. The connection to the UK and women has been suggested to link to a World War II euphemism for prostitutes working in London's West End, who were termed "Piccadilly Commandos".

Examples

• My friends and I are overconfident, thus we always go commando. Jimmy? No, he's just weird.
• "Carl just told me he's going commando. Gross."
• "Are you going commando?" "In this rented costume? No way!"
• My girlfriend thinks it's hot when I go commando. She doesn't know that I do it because I am to lazy to do laundry.