I posted this question many years ago, back when this forum had a black background and green text. It was a very popular thread, and it generated a very lengthy and interesting discussion.
We have many new members, and the old post is not available (except maybe with a paid subscription to the WetSet archive). So I thought I would give this another go.
So take your favorite, canonical, archetypal scenario for a genuine accident. For example, you find yourself in a minivan airport shuttle, on a trip that should have been about 15 or 20 minutes to the hotel, but you are now mired in a traffic jam associated with construction or an accident. You are at a near standstill. In the middle lane. On a bridge.
And you are at the far end of a seat that holds three people. To your right is a young woman about 20 years old. And she is squirming and shifting slowly.
And after a while you hear her quietly whining, to her mother/sister/boyfriend/whoever on her right.
"Oh my God," she says. "I'm gonna--"
Gonna what?
urinate in my clothing?
have an episode of incontinence?
Ummm, no. LMAO That is not how people talk.
What would you most like to hear?
What would you be most likely to hear, in your part of the world? Or in your language?
And is there something you really don't want to hear that would kinda be a boner killer?
pee in my pants.
pee my pants.
piss in my pants.
piss my pants.
wet my pants.
have an accident.
go in my pants.
piss myself.
pee myself.
wet myself.
In my experience, these are probably the most common expressions in the English that is spoken by educated white people, in the midwestern USA.
But that is a pretty narrow segment of the English-speaking world. I would love to hear what other people say, or have heard, and what you find most appealing or entertaining.
The nuances are endless. In my world, for example, many people consider piss to be much more vulgar and offensive than pee, and would avoid using piss in many contexts. Curiously, however, those same speakers are often not uncomfortable at all with the expression pissed off, which in American English means angry.
And there are endless debates about whether there is any significant difference in meaning between pee my pants and pee in my pants.
And let's not forget the many variants of British English, where you may be more likely to hear wee and knickers.
We have many new members, and the old post is not available (except maybe with a paid subscription to the WetSet archive). So I thought I would give this another go.
So take your favorite, canonical, archetypal scenario for a genuine accident. For example, you find yourself in a minivan airport shuttle, on a trip that should have been about 15 or 20 minutes to the hotel, but you are now mired in a traffic jam associated with construction or an accident. You are at a near standstill. In the middle lane. On a bridge.
And you are at the far end of a seat that holds three people. To your right is a young woman about 20 years old. And she is squirming and shifting slowly.
And after a while you hear her quietly whining, to her mother/sister/boyfriend/whoever on her right.
"Oh my God," she says. "I'm gonna--"
Gonna what?
urinate in my clothing?
have an episode of incontinence?
Ummm, no. LMAO That is not how people talk.
What would you most like to hear?
What would you be most likely to hear, in your part of the world? Or in your language?
And is there something you really don't want to hear that would kinda be a boner killer?
pee in my pants.
pee my pants.
piss in my pants.
piss my pants.
wet my pants.
have an accident.
go in my pants.
piss myself.
pee myself.
wet myself.
In my experience, these are probably the most common expressions in the English that is spoken by educated white people, in the midwestern USA.
But that is a pretty narrow segment of the English-speaking world. I would love to hear what other people say, or have heard, and what you find most appealing or entertaining.
The nuances are endless. In my world, for example, many people consider piss to be much more vulgar and offensive than pee, and would avoid using piss in many contexts. Curiously, however, those same speakers are often not uncomfortable at all with the expression pissed off, which in American English means angry.
And there are endless debates about whether there is any significant difference in meaning between pee my pants and pee in my pants.
And let's not forget the many variants of British English, where you may be more likely to hear wee and knickers.

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