what do little boys wear?

spike · Mar 20, 2006

Do we still call boys swimming attire "trunks"?

Or do they just say "shorts"?

Jamesaritchie · Mar 20, 2006

spike said:
Do we still call boys swimming attire "trunks"?

Or do they just say "shorts"?

Probably depends on where you live, and on exactly what the boy is wearing. Around here, they're still called trunks, unless they're the kind that also double as shorts.

Christine N. · Mar 20, 2006

I just call it a bathing suit. I guess they're trunks, though. Or swim trunks.

spike · Mar 20, 2006

Swim trunks sound so old fashioned. Curse my family for only having girls! How am I supposed to know the names for boys' fashions?

CaroGirl · Mar 20, 2006

James is right, it depends on where you live. Where I am, they can be called trunks, swim trunks, swim shorts, bathing suit, bathing shorts, bathing trunks, all those convey the same image on a little boy.

If it's one of those itty bitty speedos, you could call it a "banana holder".

jenngreenleaf · Mar 20, 2006

Christine N. said:
I just call it a bathing suit. I guess they're trunks, though. Or swim trunks.

My boys (ages four and six) call their's swim suits. Of course, when they couldn't pronounce the words well . . . it was babing soups.

Fern · Mar 20, 2006

My 13 yr old calls them swim shorts. I don't hear swim trunks anymore.

rdfamily · Mar 20, 2006

A current fashion TREND is board shorts...long trunks like what surfers wear.

Christine N. · Mar 20, 2006

Yes and wearing one of those close fitting shirts like surfers wear, a "rash guard" is also popular, especially if you burn. At least, I saw a lot of kids wearing them on the beach last summer.

stormie · Mar 20, 2006

Yup, board shorts and rash guards. Very popular, no matter what the boy's age. Even four year olds. Go here for more info.

PrettySpecialGal · Mar 21, 2006

We say swim trunks or swim suits. yes, I'm sure it depends on where you are.

Sage · Mar 21, 2006

New question: What do you think they'll be called in the future?

Puddle Jumper · Mar 31, 2006

spike said:
Do we still call boys swimming attire "trunks"?

Or do they just say "shorts"?

I call them trunks. I think of shorts as either regular shorts which both boys and girls wear, or boxer shorts.

majiklmoon · Mar 31, 2006

my son says bathing suit. Maybe it's called something different by region?

Puddle Jumper · Mar 31, 2006

majiklmoon said:
my son says bathing suit. Maybe it's called something different by region?

I've never used the word "bathing suit" but whenever I've heard that term I've heard it in reference to what girls wear. For boys I'll say swim trunks and for girls I'll say swimsuits.

Branwyn · Mar 31, 2006

jennhollowell said:
My boys (ages four and six) call their's swim suits. Of course, when they couldn't pronounce the words well . . . it was babing soups.

How cute!!!

Bathing suit here.

In the future? Hmmmm, water skin? H2outfits. Hydrowear. :e2drown:

majiklmoon · Mar 31, 2006

Puddle Jumper said:
I've never used the word "bathing suit" but whenever I've heard that term I've heard it in reference to what girls wear. For boys I'll say swim trunks and for girls I'll say swimsuits.

lol - great, i've probably scarred my son for LIFE by calling them the wrong thing and thus teaching him to call them the wrong thing

September skies · Mar 31, 2006

board shorts

trunks or shorts are ok - but now a days, my sister (who has two small boys) says they refer to some of them as board shorts (which are really just longer swim trunks)

i think they also wear puppy-dog tails

majiklmoon · Apr 1, 2006

September skies said:
trunks or shorts are ok - but now a days, my sister (who has two small boys) says they refer to some of them as board shorts (which are really just longer swim trunks)

i think they also wear puppy-dog tails

aren't puppy dog tails what people in the 80's called rat tails...that long strand of hair that dangled down a guy's neck while the rest of his hair is fairly short. At least that's what my son called the furry thing hanging down the nape of his neck

Christine N. · Apr 1, 2006

Those things are terrible. I always want to walk around with a pair of scissors and snip them off. LOL

Paint · Apr 1, 2006

I heard a phrase, "waddle shorts" for shorts. My son still says swim suit. Little boys will go naked at the drop of a hat. They hate clothes and shoes. They do like the idea of being able to swim and then run around in the suit all day. Changing clothes is a nuisance for them.

jenngreenleaf · Apr 1, 2006

Little boys will go naked at the drop of a hat.

Hehe My four year old did that yesterday. It was the first warm day we've had so far and he was running through the yard flinging all he could fling. It was funny, but of course had to be stopped. hehe

stormie · Apr 1, 2006

Jamesaritchie said:
Probably depends on where you live.

I agree.

Don't worry about it too much. I've read books where soda is called "pop," and "hoagies" are "subs," or "gyros." So who knows what boy's bathing suits/swim trunks/board shorts will be called in the future. Use a term that seems timeless, maybe bathing suit.

Puddle Jumper · Apr 1, 2006

I call it "pop." If I'm at work and get thirsty I might let my co-workers know that I'm going to get a can of pop. I've heard Soda Pop called soda, pop, and coke.

Hoagies are really big subs, as I recall. They're not your regular run of the mill sub sandwich like you might get at Subway, but maybe I'm mistaken on that.

reph · Apr 1, 2006

"Soda" versus "pop" versus "coke" versus "soft drink" is regional for sure. Linguists studying U.S. dialects collect data on such usages.

Map: http://www.popvssoda.com/

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