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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My (completely un-researched, straight from my ass) hypothesis is that the term comes from British English and not American English. In the UK "pants" are your underwear, so "pansting" somebody is exposing their underwear.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Weird, I thought they were called bloomers or knickers.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Those are girl's pants.