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tighty whities en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio

Etymology

From tight + -y and white + -y.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, derogatory, often, plural, plural-only) Men'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:
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

whiteys · whities · tighties

Relateds

dick togs · banana hammock · budgie smugglers · sluggos · granny panties

Synonyms

butt-huggers · underwear · nut huggers · punk panties · man panties