Were you aware that you can buy a 'wife-beater'?

[Levanna]

Talk about UNpc! Second paragraph of this article . How strange!

[jabberwocky]

Yep, that's what they're called over here. Shocking isn't it? Who would think of a name like that for a t-shirt?

[Levanna]

I hadn't heard the term before (not related to clothing anyway!). I found it intruiging when I came across it, following the recent PC threads where perceived insults are being eeked out (Such as baabaa sheep) in England. Do most people refer to a particular t-shirt in this way?

[Moomina]

I think it's an American term. I had never heard it until xh (who is American) used it. Charming, isn't it?

[NotQuiteCockney]

It's an American term, it just means a vest.

And it's really a comment on the supposed behaviour of the sort of men who wear vests in public.