From the pub last night:
“Swishy pants” to an American means “tracksuit bottoms” and to a Briton (a home-county Englishman, to be particular) it means “fancy underwear.”
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Ahem. I think you’ll find the correct term for this particular item of clothing is “tracky-daks”.
Well, obviously, but these are the uncultured heathens of England and America we’re talking about here.