- ."...in no time, they go from screaming, stinking, toothless babies to pantsless, snot nosed brats..."
Pantsless
adjective; derivation
Without pants, not wearing pants. reason used: To fully describe the state of children as they grow up quickly, the author used a list of adjectives, one of which describes the children as without pants. The word functions effectively as an adjective because it combines the word 'pants' and the suffix '-less' to define the idea of being without pants. dictionary entry: Pantsless: Adj.
Etymology : ['Pants' + suffix -'less']
Source : www.theonion.com, article
Last modified: 10 June 2008