Are they "pants" or "panties"

[5bugles]

Growing up in cloth diapers and "rubber pants," as my mother referred to them, I call them pants by default and say rubber or plastic interchangeably, though plastic pants has become the norm. I'd say just call them whatever makes it more comfortable for you. I kind of see it as similar to the whole "tabbed brief" or "protection with tabs" terminology used to lessen the negative connotation of "diaper" or "nappy" (for our friends across the pond) for some people.

[MikePNW]

"PUL Pants", "Plastic Pants", or "Diaper Cover" are the terms I typically use. I wear GaryWear Active Briefs (PUL pants) over disposable diapers.

[schooner]

I have always refered to mine as plastic pants, as does my wife.

[JDinVirginia]

5bugles mentioned that his mother used the term "rubber pants" with cloth diapers. I think some of these older terms may depend on how old we are and when our mother had her last diapered baby as that dictated the diapering technologies that were available at the time.

Prior to the advent of disposable diapers, rubber pants were used, or, as some moms called them "rubber panties." For some of us here who are seniors, we can remember the use of these terms that sound quite foreign to a younger generation.

--John
(double incontinent)

[wayne]

5bugles mentioned that his mother used the term "rubber pants" with cloth diapers. I think some of these older terms may depend on how old we are and when our mother had her last diapered baby as that dictated the diapering technologies that were available at the time.

Yep, that's what my mother called them.

[schooner]

I remember as a child my mother referring to what I wore as rubber pants, and that’s what I thought of them as well, even though they were definitely plastic. Once I outgrew the plastic pants I wore as a toddler/preschooler we had to order sizes for an older child, and they were also plastic. I’ve never worn rubber pants.