wmildlyinteresting·Mildly Interestingbywalter_wiggles The A-Shirthttps://www.snopes.com/articles/465371/wife-beater-tank-top-origin-of-phrase/Open linkView original on lemmy.nz76Comments12
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆 yiffit.net1Hide 1 replyI am more interested in why they are called "tank tops." They don't resembles any part of a tank, much less the top.16
SSeptimaeus infosec.pub3Hide 3 repliesI’ve tried using “a-shirt” in the US for the reasons mentioned but it seems like no one knows what I mean until I say “wife beater.”10
IIsThisAnAI replylemmy.worldThey really fell out of popularity here. I'm the only one of my peers I know who wears them at all. They definitely imply trashy with some crowds.4
wwalter_wiggles replylemmy.nz1Hide 1 replyI experienced the reverse. Someone asked me "what's a singlet?", and I had no idea.2
FFuturama lemmy.world4Hide 4 repliesIf you cut the sleeves off of a T shirt, wouldn't that make it an I shirt?9
PPlopp replylemmy.world1Hide 1 replyThat's Apple's new smart wear, the iShirt! Compatible with AI and ads!1
I am more interested in why they are called "tank tops." They don't resembles any part of a tank, much less the top.
I’ve tried using “a-shirt” in the US for the reasons mentioned but it seems like no one knows what I mean until I say “wife beater.”
They really fell out of popularity here. I'm the only one of my peers I know who wears them at all. They definitely imply trashy with some crowds.
I experienced the reverse. Someone asked me "what's a singlet?", and I had no idea.
the opposite of a doublet
If you cut the sleeves off of a T shirt, wouldn't that make it an I shirt?
Bruh it's obviously an h
That's Apple's new smart wear, the iShirt! Compatible with AI and ads!
Revolutionary! They've done it again!
How can I pay?
Hmmm
Truly mildly interesting.
Wearin one right now