Mfs be talking about they need some new beaters cause they shit’s stretched
SalemChurchill on
I just recently recoiled after saying it out loud and thinking you can’t say that any more. I then got lost trying to figure out what to call it so people knew what kind of under shirt I was talking about.
We gotta come up with something other than “A Shirt”
Confident-Tomato-654 on
I still call em wife beaters. I don’t really see the problem
OrdainedFury on
Where I’m from, we grew up calling them “O-dog’s” after the Menace II Society character. I figured everyone did
TheLeftDrumStick on
Damn wtf someone had this exact same thought as me at the exact same time but they tweeted it lol
Kingofmoves on
My folks used to call them muscle shirts
Stardustchaser on
*A Streetcar Named Desire* adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams.
Endsong-X23 on
my wife is a survivor and i very quickly started calling them all tank tops or a shirts when we met.
geekteam6 on
It’s a sorta weird minsnomer because Brando doesn’t actually wear a wifebeater in *Streetcar:* he wears a T-shirt with sleeves [that gets so ripped up, it just kinda looks like a wifebeater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcP1trgOnoY).
Dongbringer_ on
Only slightly more problematic than the second most offensive term for that shirt, a guinea tea
egoVirus on
And MB was a rapist as well 🤷🏽♂️
Alarmed_Drop7162 on
Tell me you didn’t grow up watching “Cops” without telling me
It used to be called a “guinea tee” so it could be more wild
colehole5 on
I be calling them my wife worshippers
TheRealestBiz on
There are no good names for them: wifebeaters, guinea Ts, or A-shirts.
One of those is an actual slur and it’s not wifebeater.
5duece on
In Texas we called em tank tops, wife beaters, or muscle shirts
TheRealestBiz on
I mean, they’re called wifebeaters because in the media of the time, fat dirty white dudes who beat their wives wore them. It didn’t mean that putting one on made you a wifebeater. Seems kind of pointless to get mad about.
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Mfs be talking about they need some new beaters cause they shit’s stretched
I just recently recoiled after saying it out loud and thinking you can’t say that any more. I then got lost trying to figure out what to call it so people knew what kind of under shirt I was talking about.
We gotta come up with something other than “A Shirt”
I still call em wife beaters. I don’t really see the problem
Where I’m from, we grew up calling them “O-dog’s” after the Menace II Society character. I figured everyone did
Damn wtf someone had this exact same thought as me at the exact same time but they tweeted it lol
My folks used to call them muscle shirts
*A Streetcar Named Desire* adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams.
my wife is a survivor and i very quickly started calling them all tank tops or a shirts when we met.
It’s a sorta weird minsnomer because Brando doesn’t actually wear a wifebeater in *Streetcar:* he wears a T-shirt with sleeves [that gets so ripped up, it just kinda looks like a wifebeater](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcP1trgOnoY).
Only slightly more problematic than the second most offensive term for that shirt, a guinea tea
And MB was a rapist as well 🤷🏽♂️
Tell me you didn’t grow up watching “Cops” without telling me
My family calls them white beaters too
*wife pleaser
https://preview.redd.it/895tlvxdk51g1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=e30844939909665aafc1d2860ff34120619c258c
It used to be called a “guinea tee” so it could be more wild
I be calling them my wife worshippers
There are no good names for them: wifebeaters, guinea Ts, or A-shirts.
One of those is an actual slur and it’s not wifebeater.
In Texas we called em tank tops, wife beaters, or muscle shirts
I mean, they’re called wifebeaters because in the media of the time, fat dirty white dudes who beat their wives wore them. It didn’t mean that putting one on made you a wifebeater. Seems kind of pointless to get mad about.
My husband calls then “singlets”
Why do I say muscle shirt? Who told me that?
