To refer casually to briefs-style men's underwear, is it Tidy Whities or Tighty Whities?

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• MerrySkeptic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tight, because they are snug

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• actionjbone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “tidy” doesn’t make sense.

  They’re literally tight.

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  • meathorse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    But in being tight, they keep everything in place and organized… Tidy!

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    • meathorse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Well, I thought it was a valid argument! :)

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• Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tighty as opposed to loose boxers (before boxers were made out of stretch material and became tight as well).

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• Mike_The_TV@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Its Tighty whities

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tighty-whities. They’re pretty tight, and also equally white.

  My question is does the phrase specifically identify briefs, or would boxer-briefs also count? 🤔

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• breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  “tidy” and “tighty” are not alternatives spellings, or synonyms

  Tidy means well kept, clean, put away

  Tight relates to how much the underwear is “gripping/holding” while worn

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  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They’re not synonyms, but they are close enough that when said quickly they can be homonyms

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    • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Thats very accent dependent

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• Nemo@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  tidy doesn’t rhyme, and, uh, in my experience doesn’t rescribe the briefs either

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  • Apepollo11@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, I can see why some Americans might confuse them, with a “baddle of wadder” accent.

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• Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Tiddy Widdlers

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