Meanings
plural mirdles
- informalAn abdominal support garment (girdle) designed for and/or marketed to men.
She knows about bras, body slimmers, boy shorts, and the new contraption: a mirdle for the guys!
2011, Sasha Charnin Morrison, Secrets of Stylists: An Insider's Guide to Styling the Stars, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 1382 more examples
The Wall Street Journal has reported on the burgeoning market for "support boxers" to lift and firm the backside and "waist eliminators" to tame the gut. If your man wears a mirdle, then surely you should, too?
2009, Mimi Spencer, 101 Things to Do Before You Diet: Because Looking Great Isn't Just about Losing Weight, Rodale, →ISBN, page 57In the early 2010s, shape underwear for men—modeled after the success of shape underwear for women—provided males with the opportunity to reshape their body using a variety of products, including mirdles or male girdles, compression shorts, waist eliminators, "bubble butt" enhancers, […]
2014, José Blanco F., “Underwear,”, in Michael Kimmel, Christine Milrod, Amanda Kennedy, editors, Cultural Encyclopedia of the Penis, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 227
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