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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:51 AM Original message |
What do you call this kind of shirt? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. My dear elshiva... |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I used to call it that, but what is it under? |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The man wears it under street clothes... |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Thanks. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
2. Woman beater? |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Why? Just curious. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
63. !!!!!!!!!! |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. I call it a 'men's undershirt' |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. ermm, sorry.....see above. |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes. Shirts don't hurt women! |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. I call it a tank-top. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. I hate the name 'wifebeater', but since that's what people know it as, that's the word I end up |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
11. Duh.. wifebeater |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Hey! I'm a Marylander, not a yankee! |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. thats wut all teh gurls say |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. In the 70's we Canucks called it the Stanfield. That's because the leader of the |
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KSinTX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's a man's tank top |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. I've heard this kind of T-Shirt or tank top described as a slur for a "wife beater" shirt. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
77. Interesting that you say that-- |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
17. Could call it a muscle shirt, but "wifebeater" came from... |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I thought that it was called a "wifebeater" because...well, |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Seems that way, doesn't it? Dunno if the lowlifes... |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. tank top or wifebeater are what I've heard (I don't wear them) |
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CC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Here is the Governor... |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. It depends on the physique of the man inside the shirt... |
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oedura (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. ??? |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
22. Undershirt, tank top, or t-shirt |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. tank top, or sleeveless shirt, nt |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
25. they called those a "dago t" when i was growing up |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Clearly you grew up in Chicago. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Downstater here, and we called them that too. Must be an "Illinois thing." |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
60. How downstate? |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Champaign County. Just south of Iroquois! |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
74. What is your aunt's name? My parents taught school |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. why yes i did |
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regularguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. We called it a Guinea-T in NY. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I've heard of it as a Guinea-tee too where I come from |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Don't forget the hair gel! |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
70. OK, thanks, I didn't want to be the first. Ginny T's, we call them. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
71. It's a Chicago thing. |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:30 AM Response to Original message |
26. Vest |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. A singlet |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That pic is disturbing |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Why? It's just a man shearing a sheep |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. They look so cute after. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. This is a white cotton "Athletic Tank Top" made by many top designers |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. a muscle shirt, or muscle tee n/t |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
72. Technically a 'muscle shirt' is actually different. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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PermanentRevolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
73. I've NEVER heard it called that, GrovelBot... |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. I call it a "skinny T" -- |
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Puzzle (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
35. Only one appropriate word for that shirt |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
50. Welcome to DU... Puzzle... |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. Muscle shirt on a guy |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. Up until about ten or fifteen years ago... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
42. that's an undershirt |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
43. Back in NJ I heard it called |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Weird ... I was thinking along the same lines. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. That's what I have heard them called |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. They still call them that |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. I guess you could call it a Kowalski |
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montanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I call it a wifebeater and so does my wife. |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. i called it a wifebeater when i was a teenager |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
52. A Jersey vest |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
54. wife beater |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
55. wifebeater is what they're called around here |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. My wife calls them wifebeaters |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
59. I wouldn't call it. It might follow me home. n/t |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
61. I find them very sexy (on the right man, of course) |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
62. It's an undershirt. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
64. Not Mine |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
66. Tank top. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
67. Wifebeater |
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Steven_S (810 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
68. I wear them... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. duh, it's an Italian Dinner Shirt |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
75. oh, that's a S.O.D. |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-17-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
76. wifebeater |
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