What is meant when describing garb as "Plus fours"?

[Bippy_the_Beardless]

I was beginning to think I was wooshed. Theodore Rooservelt jokes don’t work well when translated by my English brain.

[Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker]

@kaylasdad99

I thought Farina was supposed to be a guy. And it appears that imdb agrees with me.

As do I. Hence my use of the pronoun “his.”

[gigi]

@chaoticbear

These are definitely man-capris, not anything hip-hop related. They’re like pants, but not.

[quote-AskNott]
So, Big Boi isn’t copying Tintin, he’s got his own thang.But Andre 3000 does wear plus fours that are gathered in below the knee.

[DrDeth]

@pulykamell

I do believe that is a joke, sir.

Nope, "jokes’ are supposed to be “funny” and this is General Questions not MPSIMS.

[pulykamell]

@DrDeth

Nope, "jokes’ are supposed to be “funny” and this is General Questions not MPSIMS.

I, for one, found it amusing, given all the popular etymologies (like “pumpernickel” meaning pain for Nicole, Napoleans horse, and BS like that) going around. And who says you can’t make jokes in GQ?

…unless I’m the one being completely whooshed here.

[pulykamell]

That should have read pain pour Nicole up there.

[Contrapuntal]

@pulykamell

I, for one, found it amusing, given all the popular etymologies (like “pumpernickel” meaning pain for Nicole, Napoleans horse, and BS like that) going around. And who says you can’t make jokes in GQ?

…unless I’m the one being completely whooshed here.

I think it is generally agreed that you can as long as the question has been well and truly answered.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@pulykamell

That should have read pain pour Nicole up there.

Still a myth, but I always heard it as Bon pour Nicole, i.e. it’s only good enough for my horse.

[pulykamell]

@Elendil's Heir

Still a myth, but I always heard it as Bon pour Nicole, i.e. it’s only good enough for my horse.

Actually, I apparently have one more typo: the standard version is

pain pour Nicol

What Does Pumpernickel Mean?

Never heard the bon pour Nicol version.

[pulykamell]

:smack:

Snopes contains the bon pour Nicol one as well.

[Scissorjack]

@Bippy the Beardless

I was beginning to think I was wooshed. Theodore Rooservelt jokes don’t work well when translated by my English brain.

My apologies; I didn’t mean for you to read the whole section, just look at the right-hand image on the first page. Yes, it was a whoosh: the question had been asked and answered, and I was taking the piss out of bogus eytomologies like “For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge”.