Definder - what does the word mean?

What is Pants are on Fire?

Being from newfoundland, we have a strong British heritage. I always understood it to be a reference to witches burning at the stake. Your pants or skirts would be the first thing to catch fire.

Person on stake while fire burns, sees their pants catching aflame
"Please! I'm Innocent! "
Crowd "liar liar pants on fire

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Pants are on Fire - video


Pants are on Fire - what is it?

A Chant normally used by children to indicate they think someone is lying.
The full phrase is "Liar, liar, pants on fire. Hangin' on a telephone wire".
It is a paraphrase form an 1810 poem by William Blake titled "The Liar".

Tom: "I didn't brake that lamp. My brother Dick broke it."

Dick: "Liar, Liar, pants on fire!"

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What does "Pants are on Fire" mean?

In my experience when I was growing up," Liar Liar Pants On Fire" refereed to the ass whipping you would get if your parents caught you lying.You felt like your pants were on fire afterwards

Mom yelled"Liar Liar pants on Fire" when I was caught lying about skipping school.

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Pants are on Fire - what does it mean?

"Liar Liar Pants On Fire" is a playground taunt that is used to indicate each other whenever they think the other is lying.

It refers to the fact "fibbing" is consider naughty, and pants/bottom 'on fire' is an euphemism for spanking.

Child1: Well my dad can pick up a truck!
Child1: Liar Liar Pants On Fire!

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Pants are on Fire - meaning

Liar Liar Pants On Fire is a phrase that children like to scream at each other whenever they think the other is lying. They also like to scream it at adults who tell them stories about fairies. It is an overall stupid thing to say, since if your pants actually caught on fire when you lied, more politicians would be dead.

Kid: Liar Liar Pants On Fire!
Adult: Shut the fuck up.
Kid: *cries*

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Pants are on Fire - definition

1. to lie so badly that, theoretically your pants will burst into flames. popularized by the kindergarten chant, "liar liar pants on fire!".
2. to be painfully gay.

so then i told her i'm puff daddy's personal coke tender, and she bought it. i'm surprised my pants didn't catch fire on the spot.

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Pants are on Fire - slang

a very serious, often life threatening condition that occurs when a guy/girl is so horny they'll fuck anything in sight.

call the fire department! i haven't had sex for over a month, and my pants are on fire!

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Pants are on Fire

A statement used to point out the glaringly obvious when ones pants are, in fact, on fire.

Hey, did you know that my pants are on fire?

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Pants are on Fire

A simple phrase used to indicate that your pants are in a state of rapid rapid oxidization. YOu should use this phrase when your pants are combusting as you never know when you might have to tell a blind person. A blind person wouldn't under stand what
'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!'

meant.

I souldn't have used that match after spilling gasoline. Now my pants are on fire...... and it BURNS!!!!!!!

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Pants are on Fire

the shortened phrase of "liar liar pants on fire", means that you are lying, not telling the truth, etc.

yo I just had sex with Kim Kardashian!!" "man shut up, your pants are on fire

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