Alternate names for a men's skirt - but make it corny/awful

[Coder]

What’s wrong with just ‘clothes’?

I only started this thread on a lark - I thought it would be funny if people could come up with ridiculous names marketing "professionals" would give men's skirts in the future.

[skirtyscot]

https://skilt.co.uk/ has been done for real already.

[Happyskirt97007]

My wife still calls them kilts but I have been saying man skirt or skirt...why "skirt the issue" of what it is.

[ScotL]

My wife still calls them kilts but I have been saying man skirt or skirt...why "skirt the issue" of what it is.

There is no reason to “skirt” the issue. A kilt is a skirt that resembles the Scottish Highlands version but has been grandfathered in as acceptable menswear but mostly for weddings and dress up affairs.

I think calling it a man skirt, also skirts the issue.

But words, stupidly, are very powerful. At the risk of getting yelled at for bringing up a topic that has been discussed before, consider this interaction:

Them: Are you wearing a skirt?

You: It’s a kilt

Them: Oh, that’s ok then.

The garment didn’t change but their perception did from cross dressing to acceptable all due to an Emperor’s New Clothes phenomenon.

And as much as this is absolutely stupid, I also ask if the Almighty suddenly decreed that men could wear skirts and be accepted but you must call them kilts, would you really care?

All I really care about is wearing what I want without being subjected to heightened judgements.

[jamie001]

It already has a name. It is a skirt and doesn't need to be called by a different name. Men need to accept that they are wearing a feminine garment and wear it proudly!

[Coder]

It already has a name. It is a skirt and doesn't need to be called by a different name. Men need to accept that they are wearing a feminine garment and wear it proudly!

If you read the original thread's post:

Too often the group here "argues" over the right name for this garment when it is sold to men. I just posted a product being sold branded as "pleated skirt shorts". While the description is... accurate it's disingenuous because they are essentially selling a skort. It's also a bit funny, but not hilarious...

Let's say in 20 years male skirts are sold everywhere. What's the worst-possible name that marketers could pick? Think "murse", "mantyhose", etc...

"Murt" would be at the top of my list. "Manskirt" a close second.

I am/was trying to bring some levity to the site - sometimes we get too caught up in serious talk, we discuss (which I think is fine) over whether they should be called a skirt vs a kilt, and we see retailers make up awful names for men's skirts.

[crfriend]

Why do you think I almost spat out my teeth when I read Denimini's suggestion of "cod-curtain"? He punted that one into the next bloomin' time-zone!

[Coder]

Inspired by another posting here (viewtopic.php?f=58&t=23706), and all apologies to "Dorcus Menswear"...

The Dorcus He-Skirt

[ScotL]

Inspired by another posting here (viewtopic.php?f=58&t=23706), and all apologies to "Dorcus Menswear"...

The Dorcus He-Skirt

Dorcus. That name makes junior High School kids giggle uncontrollably.

[Coder]

Dude Skirt

Need I say more?

[ScotL]

Dude Skirt

Need I say more?

A for effort!

[STEVIE]

Triks, the reverse option.

[Coder]

Triks, the reverse option.

Would "Striks" be the plural version?

[STEVIE]

Would "Striks" be the plural version?

Coder, is it not bad enough in the singular, why pile on the agony?
Steve.

[Coder]

Would "Striks" be the plural version?

Coder, is it not bad enough in the singular, why pile on the agony?
Steve.

LMAO

You know in some parallel universe they are already called this, and the men in that universe are fighting to wear stnap.