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Clothing that promises comfort but exists to be shed at 2am for no reason.
means Clothing designed and marketed specifically for sleeping in, like pajamas, nightgowns, and robes.
from A straightforward compound of 'night' and 'wear' — 'wear' having meant 'clothing' since Old English (as in 'footwear,' 'menswear'). It's a retail-catalogue word, the kind of tidy label that sprang up as clothing got marketed by category and occasion rather than just described.
- origin
- victorians wore nightcaps to stop literal heat loss
- onesie boom
- adult onesies spiked during 2008 recession comfort-spending
- silk myth
- silk pajamas regulate temperature better than cotton
- true stat
- most people sleep in nothing or t-shirts, not pajamas