tighty-whities
plural noun
tighty-whit·ies
ˈtī-tē-ˈwī-tēz 
variants
or less commonly tighty-whiteys
slang
: snug white underpants for men : white briefs
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His widow’s peak is perhaps the most pronounced it’s ever been; he’s got a scar on his chest suggesting surgery after a heart attack; the tighty-whities in which Husk walks around his lonely motel room are wrinkled and faded.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Previous installments have covered subway churros and Times Square gift shops that sell I ❤️ NY tighty-whities.
—David Lachapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
Recent footage saw him in tighty-whities, baptizing townsfolk in a river.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
How the handsome young corpse in the tighty-whities ended up being her problem isn’t important.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
From Emma Corrin wearing Miu Miu pants at last year’s Venice Film Festival to Bella Hadid’s tighty-whities and UGG boots, the underwear as outerwear trend has seen multiple iterations over the last few years.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
David is seen in the photo trying to fix the couple's TV, wearing only his tighty-whities with all his tattoos on full display.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
My dying brother with his CZ 75, me in my tighty-whities with a baseball bat, and my mother in her bata fumbling with her glasses.
—Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
Oh damn, Aidan looks good clothing-less, but…tighty-whities?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Previous installments have covered subway churros and Times Square gift shops that sell I ❤️ NY tighty-whities.
—David Lachapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
Recent footage saw him in tighty-whities, baptizing townsfolk in a river.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
How the handsome young corpse in the tighty-whities ended up being her problem isn’t important.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
From Emma Corrin wearing Miu Miu pants at last year’s Venice Film Festival to Bella Hadid’s tighty-whities and UGG boots, the underwear as outerwear trend has seen multiple iterations over the last few years.
—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024
David is seen in the photo trying to fix the couple's TV, wearing only his tighty-whities with all his tattoos on full display.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
My dying brother with his CZ 75, me in my tighty-whities with a baseball bat, and my mother in her bata fumbling with her glasses.
—Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
Oh damn, Aidan looks good clothing-less, but…tighty-whities?
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Tighty-whities.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tighty-whities. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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