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Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'm confused. In my experience, Americans say pocketbook when they mean handbag, not when they mean ladies' wallet, as in the womens' equivalent to a billfold, that is, the thing in which you stash your driver's license and currency.
But I am from the much maligned Long Island, so take it for what it's worth.
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A pocketbook is a handbag is a purse. A woman's wallet is a wallet, unless it's one of those leather checkbook covers that has a change purse and slots for credit cards built in, in which case it's a 'checkbook.' And waist packs are 'that thing that makes your huge American ass look even more egregiously bulbous.'
I've been debating what to call these new "European carryalls" for men that don't have the heft of a messenger bag but that you can't call a purse because that would be a kick in the 'nads to a guy's masculinity. "Mandbag" maybe? Guys, what can you accept without being worried your male friends will call you a sissy and beat you up on the playground?
