Butt-huggers

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Men's briefs; underwear. Canada, US, plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar

    "She left a note on Ray's butt-huggers saying, 'Buy new underwear.'"

  2. 2
    Skin-tight shorts. Canada, US, plural, plural-only, slang

    "Eva, for example, reveals how the uniform is a status symbol, but also how the uniform presupposes a certain body: I love the butt-huggers. I convinced my high school team to get them because I saw the college kids wearing them, people in my state were wearing them, the good teams, like high-status teams that were traditionally good had them...I mean, we had a real skinny cross country team, so nobody complained."

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"She left a note on Ray's butt-huggers saying, 'Buy new underwear.'"

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