A white beater is a slang for wife beater, not the other way around. They first called them wife beaters refering to the stereotype that men who wore the tanks were generally ones who beat their wives. The typical color of the tank is white. Its like saying "white wife beater".
by Hollywood Elite August 11, 2007
A sleeveless white shirt usually worn by guys with muscular bodies.
Alternative: wife beater.
(note: "Wife beater" is the slang version of white beater. The word evolved from the image of those who wear white beaters beat their wives)
Alternative: wife beater.
(note: "Wife beater" is the slang version of white beater. The word evolved from the image of those who wear white beaters beat their wives)
by Jim Webster October 27, 2004
A white beater refers to the tank top. Not the color of skin. It was thought that the guys who wear these white tank tops were the ones who beat their wives. White Beater is slang from Wife Beater,Not Wife Beater to White Beater!
EG:"He's wearing a White Wife Beater."
EG:"He's wearing a White Wife Beater."
by LookinSUSbutFLYatTHEsameTYME June 18, 2022