And why is it utilized in our language?
2006-09-19 06:50:42 · 8 answers · asked by SweetPiper 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
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2006-09-19 13:17:58 · update #1
Wifebeater is a slang term used in various parts of the world to refer to a sleeveless undershirt, such as an A-shirt, tank top, singlet, or 'muscle shirt' when worn as a sole, outer layer as opposed to being worn under another shirt.
The other origin of the term is from the stereotype that the shirts are worn predominantly by men who beat their wives.
2006-09-19 07:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by Spiderman 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hate the term for those shirts. But, I believe it started because in most hollywood movies guys who are wife-beaters are shown wearing those little white undershirts when they are in the act. Disgusting .
2006-09-19 06:54:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rednecks wear them and beat their wives because they're mad they can't afford new wheels for their house since they just bought a new shotgun.
2006-09-19 06:54:27 · answer #3 · answered by Dirty_JOObag 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe cause of the popularity of the tv show"Cops".
2006-09-19 09:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Rich B 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think from Cops, the tv show
2006-09-19 06:53:54 · answer #5 · answered by scooterpie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the old redneck wifebeeting stereotype
the drunk woman beating redneck would weat a dingy white tanktop
2006-09-19 06:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by the one and only robertc1985 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that originally husbands would think their wives were skanks if they wore tanktops so they would beat them up. now i guess its fashionable
2006-09-19 06:54:14 · answer #7 · answered by gem 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only rednecks wear wifebeaters? how ignorant....
2006-09-19 06:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by *KiM* 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋