Question about Goth

[amused]

Is there a slang term for the fingerless gloves?

Any other slang related to articles of clothing or objects?

Thanks

[Animavore]

[Rum]

Er..in English there are quite a few slang words for underwear but I can't think of any for outer clothing..though there may well be some.

Underwear? Skivvies, keks, tit-bags...and many more..

As to 'objects', yes a few thousand!!!!!!

[Svartalf]

Would mitts be a proper word for those gloves? I think it is, but may be committing a gallicism.

[Rum]

Mitts would do, though they also mean these:-

[beige]

Fishnet gloves are the gothy ones.

Maybe hobo gloves if they're fingerless and wooly?

[amused]

I know these aren't particularly Goth, but the same idea:

[beige]

No idea, I think they're just fingerless biker gloves, hijacked by fashion?

With no particular name as far as I can remember.

[Randydeluxe]

Is there a slang term for the fingerless gloves?

Any other slang related to articles of clothing or objects?

Thanks

Er..in English there are quite a few slang words for underwear but I can't think of any for outer clothing

There a many slang terms for clothes. "Wife-beater", "Cutoffs", "T-back", "Daisy Dukes", "Do Rag", etc. Clothing itself is referred-to by a lot of slang words - "Duds", "Threads", "Gear", "Colors" and so forth. Footware have a ton of slang terms - "Stilletos", "Runners/Trainers/Sneakers/Tennies/Etc.", "Ropers"...

Oh my favorite - "Sling-backs".

[BrettA]

Maybe hobo gloves if they're fingerless and wooly?

Given hobos are frequently impoverished, I don't see the connection. The wooly ones people around here have used for decades are usually the same price as the fully-fingered ones with (of course) less material. Methinks if I was a hobo, I'd want more warmth and just get regular gloves . Why do Goths use 'em?

[BrettA]

*Duplicate post... sorry.*

[beige]

Maybe hobo gloves if they're fingerless and wooly?

Given hobos are frequently impoverished, I don't see the connection. The wooly ones people around here have used for decades are usually the same price as the fully-fingered ones with (of course) less material. Methinks if I was a hobo, I'd want more warmth and just get regular gloves . Why do Goths use 'em?

The wooly ones that have the fingers removed in an improvised fashion tend to get all scraggly at the ends that have been cut. I believe that might be where the reference to homeless people originates, not from the pricing.

Although that's anecdotal, and I'm not sure if the term was coined by someone in my social circle, or if it's more widespread

[BrettA]

Maybe hobo gloves if they're fingerless and wooly?

Given hobos are frequently impoverished, I don't see the connection. The wooly ones people around here have used for decades are usually the same price as the fully-fingered ones with (of course) less material. Methinks if I was a hobo, I'd want more warmth and just get regular gloves . Why do Goths use 'em?

The wooly ones that have the fingers removed in an improvised fashion tend to get all scraggly at the ends that have been cut. I believe that might be where the reference to homeless people originates, not from the pricing.

Although that's anecdotal, and I'm not sure if the term was coined by someone in my social circle, or if it's more widespread

Now I'm even curiouser... you're suggesting people *remove* the fingers? For what purpose, please? (The ones I was talking about are made that way and thus don't get scraggly from any cutting/removing.) Still - maybe for amused - why do Goths need 'em?

[beige]

I'm not sure, I never took all that much notice in the goings on - so again, I have no idea if that's just the people I knew that wore those kinds of gloves while having a "goth phase" or not.

As for the gloves themselves, they got ones with fingers and just chopped the ends off. Why they didn't buy de-fingered ones is also beyond me, but I assume again it was something to do with fashion.

Admittedly a subject I know nothing much of

[amused]

It's part of the fashion statement.

Probably more a lace thing:



Appreciate the clothes slang, but I meant specifically in the Goth culture.