Apparently there's a lot of different terms...

[deird_lj]

Okay. I’m officially intrigued.



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[deird1]

As I said to someone earlier, a closet is purely there for gay people to walk out of. It has no other function. :)


The thing you keep clothes in is a wardrobe.

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

See, "wardrobe", to me, is more likely to mean a person's collection of clothes. Like when you talk about "needing a new wardrobe". You're talking about getting new clothes cause you're bored with your old ones.

"Wardrobe" as a piece of furniture only exists in hoity-toity nancy countries.

[deird1]

I don't generally think of a wardrobe as a piece of furniture. (I mean, my old bedroom had one, because there wasn't a built-in wardrobe - but that's a bit unusual.) It's just... the cupboard the clothes go in.

Like when you talk about "needing a new wardrobe".

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say this except Americans on TV.

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

Ah. That's weird. ;)

[next_to_normal]

Of course, no one writes books about "The Lion, the Witch, and the Closet," now do they?

[gabrielleabelle.livejournal.com]

Eh, CS Lewis was British. That counts as a hoity-toity nancy country. *nods*

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

Agreed! These Brits and Aussies use all the fancy-pantsy words from ye olden times.