Meanings
- Australiapluralplural onlyslangA type of men's swimming briefs where the bulge of the genitals is noticeable.
I was paddling out, and this guy said, What are you doing in those sluggos?
2015, Tom Carroll, Nick Carroll, TC, page 162 more examples
He had no luck with the sluggos, something he said he suffered when he wore them, but neither of us knew what he was talking about.
2011, Andrew Daddo, Dacked!Their times came down and down until, on about the tenth change of dress, they went from sluggos to wetsuits in one minute forty-three.
2012, Gregor Salmon, Navy Divers, page 20Synonyms: budgie smugglers
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of men's swimming briefs where the bulge of the genitals is noticeable.
Origin
From slug + -o. So-called due to the bulge of the genitals resembling a slug beneath the seam or pouch region of the briefs.
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