[baxtr]

Interesting site! I have a question for the native speakers here. The twitter handle is @IPObrief. I also wanted to call my site something with "brief" but then my American friends told me briefs are underwear... I guess it's different in the UK?

[traverseda]

Briefs with an S are a type of underwear. A brief is a statement, where as something being brief means it lasts only a short time.

Brief is one of those words that is very overloaded, and which depends on context.

[wccrawford]

That's one meaning of 'briefs', yes. And I suppose if someone has never had to deal with information professionally, that might be their only exposure to the word.

But that is not all it means.