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Originally Posted by monster
Yes, I still call it a laundry basket, not a laundry hamper. Hampers are supposed to be full of nice things.
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A laundry basket has an open top, and holds clean clothes waiting to be folded and put away.
A hamper has a closed top and is full of nasty, dirty clothes.
(remember, at the end of Young Frankenstein, how Elizabeth tells The Monster that she got him a special hamper for his poo-poo undies?)