tighty-whities
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of tighty-whities
First recorded in 1990–95; tight ( def. ) + -y 2 ( def. ) + whit(e) ( def. ) + -y 2 ( def. ) + -s 3 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It’s a blizzard of surprise reveals, doors ripping off their hinges, wrecking balls turned disco balls, industrial machinery and household conveniences, bloody brides and workers in tighty-whities.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
He wears designer suits but his underwear, cheap Russian tighty-whities, is poignant.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
Only one of them, however, features a bald man in tighty-whities who, before heading into battle against talking toilets, zombie nerds and other foes, cheerfully calls out, “Tra la laaaa!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2017
By force of personality, the punch line withers away, transforming into a telling detail: Beau would wear tighty-whities, and he wouldn’t spend one second feeling embarrassed about it.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2016
This is the chief reason I wear tighty-whities.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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