A mocking term for men’s white briefs, used because men’s briefs fit tightly around the crotch and are often white in color. The term first gained popularity among adolescent males in the 1990s, when boxer shorts began to usurp briefs as the most popular style of underwear among young men. In the years since, as white briefs have become less and less stylish due to the rise in popularity of hybrid styles such as boxer briefs and trunks, the derogatory term has become a generally accepted one to describe men’s white briefs.
I can’t believe I forgot to do my laundry last night. Now, I’m out of clean boxers and I have no choice but to wear an old pair of tighty whities that I haven’t worn in years. I sure hope that my pants don’t fall down today, since I know that my friends will make fun of me if they find out what kind of underwear I’m wearing.
by Undrwr981 September 16, 2025
Get the Tighty Whitiesmug. by Tommy January 1, 2004
Get the Tightismug. by PhoneGuyYT July 18, 2025
Get the tighty browniesmug. Another word for Pilgrims.
by The Rat Lordius July 22, 2023
Get the Whitey Tightiesmug. by urbanjoe399 December 23, 2022
Get the Tighty-blackiesmug. A nerd wearing tighty-whities, i.e. white briefs. Has been culturally seen as the nerd type of underwear for decades, often made fun of and leading the wearer to become a victim of wedgies and pantsings.
At schools and other places, as well as culturally, as boxers and then boxer-briefs became popular, tighty-whities came to be seen as nerdy – partly because of their feminine shape, which is why briefs are sometimes also called manties or male panties.
In popular culture, this can for example also be seen in movies, TV shows etc., where most of the times whenever there is a nerdy character he wears tighty-whities, or when someone is being pantsed in a funny scene or becomes wedgied they usually wear tighty-whities.
In this day and age, because of this social stigma, you cannot really be seen wearing tighty-whities without being seen as nerdy by a lot of people, since it has become such a big part of popular culture and is portrayed in this way in movies, on television, talkshows etc. Avoid wearing if you do not wish to be wedgied, pantsed or made fun of for your underwear, since this is what tighty-whities has come to represent in popular culture.
At schools and other places, as well as culturally, as boxers and then boxer-briefs became popular, tighty-whities came to be seen as nerdy – partly because of their feminine shape, which is why briefs are sometimes also called manties or male panties.
In popular culture, this can for example also be seen in movies, TV shows etc., where most of the times whenever there is a nerdy character he wears tighty-whities, or when someone is being pantsed in a funny scene or becomes wedgied they usually wear tighty-whities.
In this day and age, because of this social stigma, you cannot really be seen wearing tighty-whities without being seen as nerdy by a lot of people, since it has become such a big part of popular culture and is portrayed in this way in movies, on television, talkshows etc. Avoid wearing if you do not wish to be wedgied, pantsed or made fun of for your underwear, since this is what tighty-whities has come to represent in popular culture.
by whitebriefsforever May 8, 2024
Get the tighty-whitey nerdmug.