# My friend invented a new slang term **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868 "2008-07-17T20:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/1 "2008-07-17T20:50:46Z")
I’m wearing a new pair of pants today. They are so new, that the pockets are still sewn shut. I don’t know why clothing manufacturers do this, but some of them do. Anyway, four pockets, all four sewn shut. The right front pocket took me all day to work through, but finally, I did it. I was telling my best friend about it. We’re bored here today, you see, and this is the most exciting thing I’ve done so far. He’s a guy and had never heard of having the pockets sewn shut before. He looked at me quizically and said, “You have a pocket hymen?” “Yes, I have a pocket hymen. Four of them, but I just busted one.” Fits of laughter. I have a new term. Pocket hymen. Should I go post this on Urban Dictionary now? (Well, I did anyway.) _giggle snort_ I just thought I’d share. I’m working on the left front one now. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/2 "2008-07-17T20:51:59Z")
You got into your pants’ pants? ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/3 "2008-07-17T20:55:30Z")
I have to refrain from using the term a friend used to for looseleaf paper reinforcements: Paper assholes. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/4 "2008-07-17T20:59:35Z")
The thing I hate about new clothes is taking all the pins out. I always miss one or two. So now I have to worry about getting a prick in my hymen? ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/5 "2008-07-17T21:19:56Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] The thing I hate about new clothes is taking all the pins out. I always miss one or two. So now I have to worry about getting a prick in my hymen? [/QUOTE] If you wear briefs, they should keep you snugged up enough to not have to worry about it. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/6 "2008-07-18T00:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] He’s a guy and had never heard of having the pockets sewn shut before. [/QUOTE] Sounds like a dude who’s never bought a suit before. Just wait until he discovers pocket hymens he never knew he had. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/7 "2008-07-18T00:21:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hockey Monkey] I’m wearing a new pair of pants today. They are so new, that the pockets are still sewn shut. I don’t know why clothing manufacturers do this.. [/QUOTE] I think I read on these very boards that it’s done so people don’t stick things in the pockets when they’re trying them on, and forget about it (lipstick, candy, etc.) I don’t know why, but this reminds me of a pretty disgusting joke:[spoiler]Why don’t guys like eating gals out first thing in the morning? Have you ever tried to pry apart a cold grilled cheese sandwich?[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/8 "2008-07-18T00:54:34Z")
That’s so fetch. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-invented-a-new-slang-term/456868/9 "2008-07-18T00:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=friedo] Sounds like a dude who’s never bought a suit before. Just wait until he discovers pocket hymens he never knew he had. [/QUOTE] I still have a suit with both side pockets of the jacket sewn shut, and I’ve never yet cut them open just because, not long after I got it, I was idly leafing through _GQ_ (which I don’t usually read) at a newsstand and an article advised against it, saying the coat hangs better if the pockets remain sewn shut. For storage-use, I use the inside breast pockets.