tighty-whities

plural noun

tighty-whit·​ies ˈtī-tē-ˈwī-tēz 

variants or less commonly tighty-whiteys

slang

: snug white underpants for men : white briefs

Examples of tighty-whities in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Previous installments have covered subway churros and Times Square gift shops that sell I ❤️ NY tighty-whities. — David Lachapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024

Recent footage saw him in tighty-whities, baptizing townsfolk in a river. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024

How the handsome young corpse in the tighty-whities ended up being her problem isn’t important. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024

From Emma Corrin wearing Miu Miu pants at last year’s Venice Film Festival to Bella Hadid’s tighty-whities and UGG boots, the underwear as outerwear trend has seen multiple iterations over the last few years. — Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2024

David is seen in the photo trying to fix the couple's TV, wearing only his tighty-whities with all his tattoos on full display. — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024

My dying brother with his CZ 75, me in my tighty-whities with a baseball bat, and my mother in her bata fumbling with her glasses. — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above