tighty-whities

A form of tighty whities — Men's or boys' traditionally white briefs.

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Meanings

nountighty-whities pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of tighty whities.

    I brushed and flossed my teeth, and got in bed with only my tighty-whities on.

    2008, Justin Pinnick, Another Funny Memory, page 62
    2 more examples

    [W]hat do you females (lurkers included :-) think of boxers as opposed to the traditional Fruit-O-The-Loom/Hanes "tighty-whities"?

    1990 March 11, Chris Cleeland, “Large breasts”, in alt.sex (Usenet)

    Someone tried to rip the tighty-whities right off of Times Square’s Naked Cowboy over the weekend.

    2020 November 12, Tina Moore, “Someone tried to pants Times Square's Naked Cowboy”, in New York Post
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APA

tighty-whities. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tighty-whities

MLA

“tighty-whities.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tighty-whities. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tighty-whities,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tighty-whities.

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