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tidy whities

tidy whities noun: eggcorn of tighty whities.

Noun

tidy whities pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, nonstandard, plural, plural-only, proscribed) Eggcorn of tighty whities.
    • 9. I like walking down the hall in my tidy whities, or less, and it is a coed dorm1994 March 19, Thunder Dan, “Re: Help Me Kill My Roomates^([sic])”, in soc.college (Usenet)
    • To toughen yourself up for a face-off with a stuffed shirt, make like Marcia Brady: Picture him in his tidy whities1999, Glamour, volume 97, numbers 1-4, Condé Nast Publications, page 186

Examples of tidy whities in a sentence

  • She tried her mother again when her father started coming into her room dressed only in his tidy whities.2004, MaryJanice Davidson, Undead and Unwed, Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 67:
  • Yes the tidy whities with the little pocket thing in front.2006, Brandelyn Castine, “Call Me Crazy: A thought”, in Spoken Silence: Life in 4 Parts, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 47:

Questions about tidy whities

What does tidy whities mean?
Tidy whities means eggcorn of tighty whities.
How do you use tidy whities in a sentence?
She tried her mother again when her father started coming into her room dressed only in his tidy whities.
What part of speech is tidy whities?
Tidy whities is a noun.

Words near tidy whities in the dictionary

  1. Tidwells
  2. Tidworth
  3. tidy
  4. tidy one's sock drawer
  5. tidy up
  6. tidy whities
  7. tidy-up
  8. tidy-ups
  9. tidying
  10. tidying one's sock drawer
  11. tidying up

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