Clothing worn by denizens of the ghetto. The traditonal "rapper" uniform. Includes Lugs, Fubu, Rockawear, Sean John, Dickies, jail-clothes, dark sunglasses, sagging pants, hat cocked to the side, du-rags, team jerseys, long shorts, and uncreased sneakers that cost upwards of $100. The stereotypical ghetto-child look.
"Those white rappers are all dressed in Black Man Costumes."
by pedro romero June 8, 2005
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Figuratively it refers to a well known truth behind some concept (for example, "santa isnt real") that we collectively decide to ignore, because it ruins the fun.

It's in reference to mascot costumes worn by some poor soul to appease the masses, for example the underpaid part-timers staffing the costumes at disneyland

It's like, as a kid, pulling the "no, you didint just kill me cause we are just pretending" card when playing pretend on a playground

Alternatively, man behind the mask
Weeb A: you do know that most weebs are ironic about waifus, right? Only a relatively small amount of weebs actually think stuff like "this fictional high schooler is the love of my life".
Weeb B: Can we please stop talking about the man in the costume and get back to arguing about which underage girl is hotter?
by oan124 September 19, 2022
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