tighty whities

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1. colloquialderogatoryoftenpluralplural onlyMen's or boys' traditionally white briefs.

   It would indeed be great if my red socks and my tighty whities declared themselves to my washer.

   2000, Edward Lerner, Creative Destruction, page 29

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   Forbes, in his tighty whities and black socks, seems an incongruous apparition against the sense of home the kitchen implies.

   1999, Noah Hawley, A Conspiracy of Tall Men, page 345

   Temple was laid out with a cold. Ada hoped she hadn't brought baby Jarius's bug out to him. As soon a Ada had gotten the toilets cleaned and the soup on the stove she rubbed her daddy down with a lemon cut in half, then lowered him (wearing purple tighty whities) into a hot bath she had spiked with red pepper flakes and Tabasco. When Temple was up to his shoulders in the water, Ada gave him a shot of whisky.

   2012, Alice Randall, Ada’s Rules: A Sexy Skinny Novel, page 97

   I wanted to blend in. Be cool. Never be criticized, ridiculed, or rejected. Ever. And so, I began to sculpt my personality to avoid disapproval. If someone who I thought was cool or popular said something funny, I laughed. If people made fun of me for doing something, I stopped doing it. I wore the same clothes everyone else wore, changed the music I listened to, and talked just like everyone else. Boxers are cool and briefs (a.k.a. "tighty whities") are not? I got rid of them. Alternative music sucks and gangster rap is where it's at? I bought new CDs.

   2025, Aziz Gazipura, Not Nice: Stop People Pleasing, Staying Silent, & Feeling Guilty... And Start Speaking Up, Saying No, Asking Boldly, And Unapologetically Being Yourself

   Synonyms: underwear, man panties, punk panties, nut huggers, butt-huggers