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I'm sorry to say that CoS Forums is going to shut down in the Summer, sometime around July. This isn't an early April Fools joke either.

The Forums have become quite expensive to run and manage. There's a lot (LOT) less traffic coming to the site these days as Harry Potter becomes less of a topical debate for people.

I held on for a while after the last film, wondering whether JK would announce anything surprising, but I find that even if she did it wouldn't serve to help the diminishing numbers on the site or my bank balance!

Myself, I've been absent a lot more in the past year as personal issues have taken over and I've had to work longer hours, to earn more money to keep the forums going as well as pay for things like rent, utilities and god knows what else.

Some of you will be sad and I'm sure others will be happy. I'm not doing this lightly and I could have closed the site last year but held off. I know this may upset some of you who've come to see this place as a haven with friends and I'm very sorry it has to go but I've kept this place going with money out of my own pocket for 10 years now and it's no longer financially viable to do so. Please understand that this is not an easy decision!

Some of you may wish to offer to help, to donate or even take on the site. Whilst I would listen to any suggestions, I will not accept donations as this would be unsustainable in the long-term. If you wanted to take on CoS, be aware that you would need to find $200 per month and to be honest with you all I'm not sure I'm prepared to let the site be taken over by anyone. I've created a thread for comments. The other staff know only as much as the above. There is no Plan B as far as they are concerned, so do not pester them for answers to questions. If they do not know, they are being totally honest.

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Old June 13th, 2012, 5:56 pm
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I have a new question. Is the saying, he's 'off his feed' common in the UK, or is that strictly a U.S. saying?


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I have a new question. Is the saying, he's 'off his feed' common in the UK, or is that strictly a U.S. saying?
I've never heard that in the US. Is it regional?


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I've never heard that expression in the US, either. At least not in Iowa, Wisconsin, or Los Angeles.


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I've never heard that in the US. Is it regional?
Quite possibly. Although I did find it in several online American English version dictionaries, which just gave the definition without indicating that it was regional.


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I've heard the expression in the UK but it's not used much.


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OK - general question for as many different parts of the UK and the US (and anywhere else ) as we can manage - what do our males call their - er - coverings for the nether regions - (and an approximate age might be enlightening). Let's see how many we can collect.
Men's underpants would be called boxers/boxer shorts or maybe even just shorts in reference to a certain type of men's underpants. Briefs are the alternative which more resemble typical women's underpants, and boxer-briefs are kind of a cross between the two.

Usually we just say "underwear" as a general term for either gender. It could be applied to undergarments in general, but usually its in reference to underpants specifically. Undies or panties is more informal, and the latter would probably only be used in reference to women's underpants. Skivvies is another slang term for underpants, possibly including an undershirt as well.
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I have a new question. Is the saying, he's 'off his feed' common in the UK, or is that strictly a U.S. saying?
I've never heard that...what does it even mean?

ETA: I'm from the U.S., and I currently live in Texas.


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I've heard the expression in the UK but it's not used much.
Unless you're talking about a horse


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