noun
General Slang
khakis
· noun · boston
Car keys — but only in a Boston accent.
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Definitions
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The single most famous Boston-accent joke in the country. 'Car keys' filtered through a non-rhotic local mouth comes out as 'khakis,' to the eternal confusion of outsiders who think you're asking about pants. Featured in a legendary Tim & Tom Curran sketch and roughly nine million Sully-and-Pauly impressions.
“Pahk the cah and bring me the khakis, will ya?”
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Tan cotton trousers — the standard national sense. Business casual uniform, Gap circa 2003, dads at a barbecue. Outside Boston this is the only sense; inside Boston, context is everything.
“Wear khakis and a polo, it's not that formal.”
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khakis In A Sentence
Pahk the cah and bring me the khakis, will ya?
Wear khakis and a polo, it's not that formal.
Origin & Usage
Phonetic accident of the Eastern New England accent (r-dropping + 'a' fronting); meme-ified by Boston comedy sketches for decades.
Variants
khakis
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