Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoTo refer casually to white men's briefs, is it Tidy Whities or Tightly Whities?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareTo refer casually to white men's briefs, is it Tidy Whities or Tightly Whities?Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
They sound the same, which way is it spelled? Edit, it’s the underwear that is white in this question.
minus-squareDozzi92@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago“White men’s briefs.” I assume there’s a term for when meaning can be misconstrued for humorous reasons like this. I think you’re responding to a joke.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI actually read it that way and thought it was an odd choice to highlight that. It didn’t occur to me that that might not be what they meant until I read your comment.
“White men’s briefs.” I assume there’s a term for when meaning can be misconstrued for humorous reasons like this. I think you’re responding to a joke.
I actually read it that way and thought it was an odd choice to highlight that.
It didn’t occur to me that that might not be what they meant until I read your comment.