How can you possibly have spent as much time as you have at TrekBBS and never have run across that term before?"Pants"?![]()
Brit slang, from here:
Feel free to consult any other appropriate reference of your choice and compare answers.pants (!)
Noun/Adj. Nonsense, rubbish, bad. From the standard British English of pants, meaning underwear; also a variation on 'knickers'. E.g."The first half was pants but I stayed until the end and it was actually a great film." [1990s]