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clothing 

An assortment of comfortable and sometimes trendy pieces of fabric that you wear on and/or around your body. More often than not, though, clothing is an excuse for women to drag their husbands/boyfriends away from quality time "with the guys" to instead spend hours on end at the mall looking for and trying on all sorts of clothing; mostly shoes, in a vain attempt to upstage "that slut, Janice." Other people hate wearing clothing. We usually refer to these people as nudists because they enjoy being nude. If you want to learn more about clothing, you can check out various books regarding the matter at your local library!
"Hey, man. What are you wearing?"

"Oh, this? It's called clothing."

"Wow! That's fascinating!"

"I know! Everybody is doing it."
clothing by Your_Local_Librarian September 8, 2011

Clothing 

An unnecessary accessory that women created to make men want it more.
I could almost imagine what sarah looks like with out Clothing on. Shame I cant actually see it.
Clothing by heggers March 3, 2012

clothing 

clothing is to cover up your dingle dongle
"Hey dude, are socks clothing?"
"No, because they don't cover up your dingle dongle"
clothing by CouchOog December 11, 2023

clothing optional 

Words on a sign at boundary of naturist beach, beyond which it becomes a criminal offence to wander about buck naked.
Billy eventually got the courage to remove his trunks at the clothing optional beach.
clothing optional by Kerb November 29, 2004

clothing purgatory

The state of existence for an article of clothing after it has been worn but before it is officially "dirty" (i.e. the state between clean and dirty). Clothes in purgatory are usually stored in the floordrobe or chairdrobe until they have been properly dispositioned.

There are three possible fates for clothes in purgatory: 1) they are declared "clean" (usually determined by the "sniff test") and then worn immediately. Note, clothes that fail the sniff test can be "freshened up" by spraying with fabreze and/or placing in the dryer for a few minutes with a fabric softner sheet. 2) They are declared "dirty" and washed immediately with other items of the same type and color. In this case the item is arbitrarily determined to be dirty without a sniff test as an expedient to make up the difference in volume of a small load of laundry. 3) They are declared "clean" and put away properly (i.e. hung up or folded), Note, this determination is the rarest fate for clothes in purgatory.

Clothing purgatory is most often associated with clothing that is "home laundered." Dry-clean-only items are usually worn and immediately hung back up or declared "dirty" and placed in the "dry cleaning bag," although it is not entirely uncommon to retrieve a "dirty" article of clothing from the dry cleaning bag and "touch it up" with the iron in order to wear it again immediately.
Ashely searched for her favorite jeans (the stretchy ones that make her butt look cute) and found them in clothing purgatory. She quickly sniffed them and decided that the slight reek of stale beer and cigarettes would not be out of place at the hookah bar.

I only wore the khaki's for two hours, so I threw them in clothing purgatory.

"Is this clean?" Todd asked as he held up a sweater he found on the chair. "I dunno'?" said Nicole, "but you can go ahead and wash it if you're doing a load of colors."
clothing purgatory by Jack Bard October 10, 2008

Clothing mullet

Business on the top, party of the bottom. This allows you to appear professional on a business video call without having to wear pants or shoes.
Jim wore his clothing mullet to work because he could only be seen from the waist up - and he wanted to be comfortable.
Clothing mullet by NEW1126 May 3, 2021
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