noun General Slang

khakis

· noun · boston

Car keys — but only in a Boston accent.

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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
Tags #boston#regional#accent#meme

People Also Ask

What does khakis mean in a Boston accent?

Khakis is how 'car keys' sounds in a Boston accent — the classic joke being "Where's my khakis?" meaning "Where are my car keys?"

How do you use khakis in a sentence?

For example: "I can't find my khakis, so I can't drive us there" — meaning the car keys, not the trousers.

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