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(DIR) Post #AlbJAO2VcAeTyvlgpc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-02T18:10:20Z
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The way people from the UK call sweatshirts, long sleeved tops and sweaters "jumpers" and I always get disappointed when it's not more like a onesie or a baggy unitard.
(DIR) Post #AlbJJVUjGXwFi4JhlA by hitsuyonai@mastodon.online
2024-09-02T18:11:56Z
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@futurebird Oh please ! You lot call trousers pants !
(DIR) Post #AlbJOZvsC4DyvBQofA by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-02T18:12:51Z
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Granted I don't think I could explain exactly what a "jumper" is, but I think it's supposed to have suspenders or straps or something and both a top and a bottom fused together. You know... for snow or "romping"
(DIR) Post #AlbJU7BK09O1UQIUrY by Woodswalked@mstdn.party
2024-09-02T18:13:25Z
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@futurebird I have wondered why I never see British people wearing the popular onesies they always write about.This explains so much.
(DIR) Post #AlbJXmJJXdevuwmaKu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-02T18:13:52Z
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@hitsuyonai That is pretty messed up I'll agree with that. But I giggle whenever I hear a grown person say "I need to put on my jumper"
(DIR) Post #AlbJcchogBVtZoYOB6 by jmax@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T18:15:26Z
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@futurebird I've always assumed the defining characteristic was "both a top and bottom fused together", The straps were, I assumed, simply something that happened frequently.
(DIR) Post #AlbJgGu1gVZ7780KaO by Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to
2024-09-02T18:15:28Z
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@futurebird Also I remember as a kid a jumper was a type of dress. Usually a heavier material, with straps over the shoulders (sometimes with buckles just like overalls) and you'd wear a shirt under it.
(DIR) Post #AlbJjoIjxwSbZCFf0q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-02T18:16:23Z
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@Nonya_Bidniss The Brits would say you had a jumper under your jumper probably.
(DIR) Post #AlbJn5ZQDTQHzicLhI by wendigo@metalhead.club
2024-09-02T18:17:20Z
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@futurebird You nailed it! ;>) It's an adult onesie for romping...
(DIR) Post #AlbJqezGzePqhtPcAq by jfrench@cupoftea.social
2024-09-02T18:17:43Z
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@futurebird I think this is a jumper
(DIR) Post #AlbJtgIuYQEjex2RFI by Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to
2024-09-02T18:18:17Z
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@futurebird LOL quite possibly
(DIR) Post #AlbJyRAGGnbM9YGCDg by Woodswalked@mstdn.party
2024-09-02T18:19:09Z
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@futurebird This explains so much!I have always wondered why I rarely see British people wearing the popular onsies that they keep writing about.
(DIR) Post #AlbK90hD1I97FPiG0m by USelaine@mastodon.online
2024-09-02T18:21:21Z
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@futurebird You’re thinking of a “jumpsuit” or “romper”. Jumpers are like tank top dresses for wearing shirts under.
(DIR) Post #AlbKBIOKCRPkhxyBI8 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-09-02T18:21:45Z
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@futurebird people using the word "jumper" for clothing nearly always confuse me, unless they're referring to clothing for jumping out of airplanes.
(DIR) Post #AlbKailtFwhDlR7FpI by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2024-09-02T18:26:25Z
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@futurebird @hitsuyonai Let's not start with 'fanny packs', shall we.
(DIR) Post #AlbLAdIp4BgnEBdzCi by DanadasGrau@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T18:32:53Z
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@futurebird yeah, cause a jumper is called a jumper because it is made like the garment that paratroopers wear, that is my interpretation anyway.
(DIR) Post #AlbLD1Zbnd3V56dTuq by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2024-09-02T18:33:05Z
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@futurebird Jumpers are also known as pullovers, knitwear, woollies or woolly jumpers.NB Sweatshirts are not called jumpers here. Sweatshirts are a specific type of top in the sportswear (and fashionable sportswear) category. Similarly, hoodies would never be called a jumper.
(DIR) Post #AlbLKBpa3neGvDWVSC by generika@bananachips.club
2024-09-02T18:34:18Z
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@futurebird In German it's 'der Pullover' which is fun to hear.
(DIR) Post #AlbLNsOCHmoPmbTN44 by DanadasGrau@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T18:34:57Z
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@futurebird jumper.
(DIR) Post #AlbLW4nc1uzEaXGqCu by BLTpizza@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T18:36:46Z
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@futurebird I always think of a KISS stage costume when I hear jumpsuit or jumper
(DIR) Post #AlbLy1dxM9ysuR56G0 by gannet@wandering.shop
2024-09-02T18:41:51Z
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@futurebird In the US: a dress with shoulder straps and no sleeves.
(DIR) Post #AlbMZLFVQTMSQhRFPU by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2024-09-02T18:48:36Z
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@futurebird myrmepropagandist: I haven’t seen a jumper in years. I know that my sister would wear one as a child. But, I haven’t seen one in years
(DIR) Post #AlbRrtkKP9VuP6WUW8 by liferstate@mas.to
2024-09-02T19:47:59Z
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@futurebird I always thought that "jumper" was just the US-specific word for "pinafore."
(DIR) Post #AlbXUSBpIBnG0HaabA by runoutgroover@mastodon.nz
2024-09-02T20:50:59Z
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@futurebird This post got me diving into an etymology rabbit hole and apparently the modern word ultimately derives from an *Arabic* word: jubba ‘a loose outer garment’. Language is so interesting.
(DIR) Post #AlbnsZS3XkgAk4hbqi by Rivikah@mstdn.social
2024-09-02T23:54:38Z
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@futurebird When I was a kid, not in the UK, a jumper was something like this: https://www.tatyana.com/collections/skirts/products/scout-jumper?variant=43776238420188