What does tighty-whities mean?

tighty-whities

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

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"[W]hat do you females (lurkers included :-) think of boxers as opposed to the traditional Fruit-O-The-Loom/Hanes "tighty-whities"?"
"I brushed and flossed my teeth, and got in bed with only my tighty-whities on."
"Someone tried to rip the tighty-whities right off of Times Square’s Naked Cowboy over the weekend."

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