Meanings
alternative boy shorts · alternative boy-shorts
- 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 Guardian1 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 TimeSynonyms: booty shorts
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA female undergarment that covers the hips like a pair of shorts.
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
Cite this entry
boyshorts. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyshorts
“boyshorts.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boyshorts. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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