Meaning of tighty whities | Babel Free

Definitions

Men's or boys' traditionally white briefs.

colloquial, derogatory, often, plural, plural-only

Examples

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

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

“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.”

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