boyshorts

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noun

A female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

nounboyshorts pl (plural only)

alternative boy shorts · alternative boy-shorts

  1. pluralplural onlyA female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.

    This time round BarelyPolitical.com has got in on the act, selling skimpy red boy-shorts with "OBAMA" written in big white lettering across the back.

    2008 April 8, Ada Edemariam, “The rise of pants campaigns”, in The Guardian
    1 more example

    The only viable alternative, one that my daughter favored, was an item called boyshorts, a low-riding pair of short shorts loosely, or should I say tightly, based on Britney's stagewear.

    2003 October 6, Claudia Wallis, “The thing about thongs”, in Time

    Synonyms: booty shorts

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.

Also see

Origin

Translations

French shorty, garçonne
  • shortyunderwear
  • garçonneunderwear
German Boxerslip
  • Boxerslipunderwear
Hungarian boxeralsó, franciabugyi
  • boxeralsóunderwear
  • franciabugyiunderwear
Japanese ボーイレッグ
  • ボーイレッグ (bōireggu)underwear
Swedish boxertrosor
  • boxertrosorunderwear
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APA

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Chicago

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