Talk:Pair of pants

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[edit] Thurston pants?

I've never heard this used. Can the person that added it provide a citation so I can see somebody out there actually does use it? --Chan-Ho (Talk) 23:07, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, alright, I'm removing it then. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 05:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LOL

lol, not what I expected when I typed pair of pants into my wiki search bar--Cookamunga 00:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

It seems disambiguation is needed. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 08:08, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thurston popularized term "pair of pants"?

Someone has added a reference in response to my citation needed request, showing that Thurston used it by at least the late 1970s. However, this misses the point entirely of my original request, as I was certainly aware of its use by Thurston in his notes. I can personally find it very plausible he had something to do with the term becoming popular, as the term does not appear (to me) to have become widespread until the early 1980s, and given the general influence of his lecture notes. However, this is not clear cut evidence and in fact, for me to gather more evidence trying to prove the assertion, I believe, would come close to violating, if not doing so, WP:NOR. What is needed is a citation asserting the claim "Thurston popularized the term 'pair of pants'". That is what is required for Wikipedia:Verifiability. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 08:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the claim, as no support for it has appeared. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 00:44, 5 June 2006 (UTC)