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the only outfit equally appropriate for sleeping, mourning, and refusing to leave the house.
means Loose, lightweight clothing — typically a top and trousers — worn for sleeping or lounging.
from From Hindi and Urdu 'pāyjāma,' itself from Persian 'pāy' (leg) plus 'jāma' (garment) — literally 'leg-clothing.' These loose drawstring trousers were everyday wear across South Asia and Persia long before British colonials adopted them as comfortable nightwear and carried the word home in the 19th century, where it eventually came to mean the whole sleep-and-lounge ensemble.
- persian roots
- name comes from Persian for leg garment
- colonial import
- British brought them home from India in 1800s
- silent factor
- pajama parties now mean serious productivity for some
- flame rules
- US law requires children's pajamas to resist fire
flannel pajamas — most common sleepwear type, originated in persia and became popular in britain in the 17th century
silk pajamas — luxury sleepwear worn by high-end consumers, popularized in hollywood in the 1920s-1930s
onesie pajamas — one-piece novelty sleepwear trend that went viral on social media starting around 2010