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unmentionable (adj.)
1837, from
un-
(1) "not" +
mentionable
(adj.). Humorous use of
unmentionables
"trousers" is attested from 1823; from 1910 as "underwear," both on notion of "articles of dress not to be mentioned in polite circles."