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wife beater

1. Men's close fitting, ribbed, sleeveless white cotton undershirt most commonly used before T-shirts came into vogue as undergarments. It is named wife beater after Marlon Brando's character, Stanley Kowalski, who wore one during much of the movie version of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire." Stanley proved to be a sloppy, drunken, ill-tempered brute who beat his wife.
2. Slang name in Britain for a Belgian lager, Stella Artois, mostly because of the name, Stella, after Stella Kowalski, the victim of a beating from her husband, Stanley, in the aforementioned Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," but also because of the high alcohol content which could possibly lead one to wife beating were he so pre-disposed.
"That fellow wearing the wife beater has knocked back 3 wife beaters in less than half an hour!"
by alfamax September 5, 2011
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Beate

In German this means bringer of luck, and spreader of joy. She is a fun loving person who likes to dance! She loves nature and animals. She is good at caring for flowers and plants. She loves to have fun and likes to get things done!
Beate loves plants.
by Flower222 February 4, 2010
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The hands of a male which are used to manually pleasure himself in order to satisfy his sexual frustration.
Dont touch me with your crusty dick beaters!
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Belter

Used in Australia, particularly amongst military and emergency services circles, to describe a person who tries to, and at the same time actually believes that they, fit in with and are liked by the people around them, when in fact everyone thinks they are a pathetic loser, weirdo, tryhard, dumbcunt, fuckwit, or all of the above.
*Cop covers the interior of his car in random morale patches.
Belter cop's thoughts: "Everyone likes and respects me as a professional police officer."
Every other cops' thoughts: "What a fucking belter."
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child beater

Someone who beats up children- normally a coward
*man hitting his kid in public*

Hey you CHILD BEATER!
by *your nan***** January 29, 2016
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Betelgeuse

The red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion.
This ageing beauty is one of the few stars on which surface features have been observed.
Pronounced "beetlejuice", the word was thus misspelt to provide the name of the titular villain in a 1980's Tim Burton film.
Geek#1: Someday our sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and become a giant like Betelgeuse.

Geek#2: Someday you'll regret wasting your life on the internet, when your eyes are burnt out from the persistant glare of LCD screens.
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wife beaters

Yo' it's hot as shit outside. I think Ima put on my wife beater.
by L-boogie June 22, 2003
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