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[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate it that pulling someone’s pants down became popular and was called “pantsing.” You’re not putting pants ON the person…

Do you feel similarly about shelling peanuts?

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh excellent point, I hadn’t thought about it.

I think it’s different for parts of living things.

Shelling is removing the entire shell. “Peeling” something doesn’t mean adding peel, and “pitting” means removing the pit.

However, for bodies, removing skin in general is “skinning,” but if you lose the skin of just your hand it’s called de-gloving. Removing the bowels isn’t called “boweling,” but “disembowling.”

If I said someone did a “shirting,” maybe I’m weird but I’d think of getting hit with a shirt before removing someone’s shirt. And in hockey, a “jerseying” is more about pulling the jersey over the head than removing it.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Removing the bowels isn’t called “boweling,” but “disembowling.”

But the synonymous process of removing the guts is called gutting.

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago

That’s true, but I would argue “gut” is more colloquial.

Like, to “behead” someone means to remove their head, but it’s also colloquial. Whereas decapitation is the more medical term.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Should it be de-pantsing, or disempantsing, then? I think it'd be the former, but I want it to be the latter

[–] calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 points 1 week ago

I think most people would say “de-pants” but I agree with you that it SHOULD be disempantsing.

Though I’m worried the “em” implies the pants are being extracted.

“Dis-pantsing” is also really good though. Then when it happens people can be like “Jimmy got a dis-pants-ation”