British police officers are getting their panties in a twist over a new dress code banning the wearing of revealing or colorful undies underneath their uniforms while on duty, the Daily Express reports.
The new code affecting officers in England's West Midlands is cracking down on "inconspicuous" underwear that is not of an "appropriate color," according to the paper.
"It's ridiculous," one outraged officer told the Daily Express. "They are basically telling us what underwear to wear to work."
"A couple of sergeants have jokingly been saying there would be spot checks. It's totally outrageous."
"If I wear a pink thong I'm in trouble for exposing myself, but if I wear a nice sensible pair of knickers I'm going to get hauled up for exposing a VPL (visible panty line)," added a female constable.
"I don't know what they expect of me. I'd be better off going commando and not wearing any knickers at all.
"The same goes for male officers. They have been told they should not be showing their boxer shorts to the general public when they are on duty."
A West Midlands Police spokesman told the paper that officers should "adopt a common-sense approach" to their underwear choices.
It may have been a staple of women's fashion for decades. But the LBD (short for Little Black Dress) has only now been officially recognised in the dictionary.
The abbreviation is one of more than 2,000 words and phrases added to the third edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English, published today.
Also making it in is the vuvuzela, the football fan's trumpet which noisily blasted into the public consciousness at this summer's World Cup. Other new entrants include tweetup (a meeting arranged through Twitter); cheeseball (a person lacking taste or style); and a turducken (a roast dish consisting of a small chicken inside a duck inside a turkey). They are joined by bromance, which describes a close but nonsexual friendship between men.
Further new entries have been influenced by the internet, such as microblogging (posting short entries on a blog) and defriend - to remove a friend on Facebook. Familiar phrases such as 'on the naughty step' and 'national treasure' are also included.
A spokesman for publishers Oxford University Press said the dictionary, which was first published in 1998 and is not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, uses a 'word bank' that is continually updated, making it 'fully based on evidence of how language is really used'. We're sure Audrey Hepburn would be proud!
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