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tighties en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From tight + -ies.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only, slang) Form-fitting cycling shorts.
   • Cycle the workout tighties into your daily attire by balancing them with longer blazers or, another new trend, updated safari jackets. 2019, Stacey Makiya, Brie Thalmann, HonoluluMagazine.com, “New Year, New Gear: Where to Shop in Honolulu Right Now”:
   • I've worn these in town and on long trail rides, and I'm awed by how such simple pants work so well in the saddle. I wouldn't choose the Shins for a multiday stage race but somehow, even among the megaexpensive Euro tighties I own, these understated, made-in-San Francisco knickers have become a favorite. 2008, Bicycling Vol. 49 No. 1 ”The Long and Short of It”, page 96:

tighties en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of tighty whities.

Meanings

1. (US, plural, plural-only, slang) Men's or boys' briefs.
   • “You wearing tighties or boxers, big boy?” Liv says to Marcus. 2014, Stephen Graham Jones, Paul Tremblay, Floating Boy and the Girl Who Couldn’t Fly, page ?:
   • In addition, nowhere in the article did I sense that anyone is angry at Serrano or blaming the school for lax security or getting their tighties in a twiddle about this or that. 2010, Matt Soper, Raising Up a Testimony, →ISBN, page 64:
   • A padded knee shattered my balls. I doubled over in the hallway, coughing up blood and yellow stuff I thought might be bile. Though wracked with pain, I was glad I wore briefs. My tighties kept those precious little orbs in place. 2005, Mike Philbin, CHIMERAWORLD #1, page 113:
   • Without being asked, Data put his backpack down. Sam wanded him and then his backpack. He opened the backpack and rifled through it with the aggressiveness and efficiency of a disgruntled TSA agent. "You know the routine, down to your tighties," Sam said. Data stripped down to his underwear and spun around slowly. 2020, Bryan W. Conway, Sandusky Burning:
   • A pack of teenage boys gathers at the bottom of the stairway, wearing their tough gangsta pusses and pants hanging below their tighties. Joe will never comprehend what's so tough about underwear. 2015, Lisa Genova, Inside the O'Briens, page 220:

Relateds

whities · whiteys

Synonyms

Y-fronts · jockeys · BVDs · ginch · butt-huggers · bibidees · underwear · jocks