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The onesie's cooler cousin that turns every bathroom trip into a full strip-search.
means A one-piece garment combining a top and shorts, worn by babies, children, or adults for play or comfort.
from From the verb 'romp,' meaning to play boisterously, which itself is probably an alteration of 'ramp' — an old word for rearing up or leaping about, once used of rampaging animals. A 'romper' was first a child's play-suit, named for the rough-and-tumble it was built to survive; the adult fashion 'romper' borrowed the name much later.
- name origin
- From romp, the verb for energetic play
- baby roots
- Started as 1900s playwear for crawling toddlers
- bathroom flaw
- No fly means total undress, every time
- gender shift
- Once a kids' staple, now grown adult fashion
- sibling
- Add legs and it becomes a jumpsuit
for instance
romper stomper — 1992 australian film about neo-nazi skinheads in melbourne
romper room — children's television show that aired from 1953-1994 across multiple countries