Meaning of butt-huggers | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Men's briefs; underwear.
   Canada, US, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar
2. Skin-tight shorts.
   Canada, US, plural, plural-only, slang

Examples

“She left a note on Ray's butt-huggers saying, 'Buy new underwear.'”

“If you're wondering who to thank for the sight of Will Ferrell struggling through a psychotic episode on a speedway wearing only his butt huggers, wonder no more.”

“Eva, for example, reveals how the uniform is a status symbol, but also how the uniform presupposes a certain body: I love the butt-huggers. I convinced my high school team to get them because I saw the college kids wearing them, people in my state were wearing them, the good teams, like high-status teams that were traditionally good had them...I mean, we had a real skinny cross country team, so nobody complained.”

“She must be a knockout in the patent leather butt-huggers and spiked heels.”

“By the time our waitress (clad in those humiliating orange polyester butt-huggers for which Hooters is renowned) comes by to take our order, I am nodding my head in earnest to Badlands' personal recipe for gurgitory success.”

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