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🇺🇸 English Expressions: Going Commando 🪖 😎
Hey everyone! 👋
Today’s expression is “going commando.”
👉 It means not wearing underwear, usually under your regular clothes.
It’s a very casual, slangy expression and is often used humorously.
Origin:
- Popularized on American college campuses in the 1970s, the term likely ties back to military service during the Vietnam War.
- Soldiers in humid jungles sometimes skipped underwear to avoid chafing and fungal infections.
- The joke implies that like a rugged military commando ready for rapid action, you are stripped down and ready with no delays.
- The phrase reached mainstream global popularity in the 1990s after a famous episode of the television show Friends.
Examples:
• “Why are you wearing those loose pants?” — “I’m going commando today.” 😄
• He realized halfway through the day that he was going commando. 😂
• “Are you going commando?” — “That’s none of your business!” 😆
Figurative daily-life examples:
This expression is generally literal rather than figurative.
It’s slang for simply not wearing underwear.
Quick note:
👉 go commando = not wear underwear
👉 I’m going commando = I’m not wearing underwear
Now it’s your turn! 💬
Drop your own sentence using “going commando” below 👇
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🇺🇸 English Expressions: Going Commando 🪖 😎
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