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Pants that committed to comfort but still showed up to the office.
means Casual-to-business trousers, looser than dress pants, named for their relaxed, non-clinging cut.
from From the Old English 'slæc,' meaning loose or slow — the same root as 'slack,' the trousers earned the name by hanging easy on the leg rather than gripping it.
Always pluralLike scissors, one garment yet grammatically two.
Peak eraMid-century menswear staple, now quietly retro.
Same rootShares ancestry with slacker and slack-jawed.