My Grandson wanted some wife beaters...lol.

hi bunnybon7 I have heard that term a lot from teeen boys and it always makes me shudder. I dread that term as I think it became used for red neck men with those old armless T-shirts they wore back when nobody ever interfered with a man beating up his wife, they seemed to think that was just the thing to do to keep women down and hurt so to me its an ugly term denoting a time when wife beating did not bother the police or anyone else.

Oh, how funny! I haven't heard that one! Yes, amazing. I have a son who just started high school this year, and I have to get back into the teen talk again myself! A totally different world, that brings home just how long ago our own teen years were, huh?!?? Yikes!

Oh...lol..is that what they call them?? I didn't know that!! When I started reading the post, I thought he probably meant 'wind cheaters'! My older son is a tween....and I havent' hearing many new words lately. It could also be because he is homeschooled and he only gets to spend an hour or two with his friends everyday.

I had not heard this term until I was married the second time. Shows how sheltered I was, even in public school. I just did not hang around that much with people who used slang. We were kind of cliquish, jocks, freaks and greasers. I never fit anywhere exactly. The term "nerd" had not been invented yet, or I would have had a label.

Yes, thongs became something else now the original thongs are called flip flops.

I'm quite familiar with wife beaters and I remember that there were a lot of people that wore them outside of school when I was a student. That said, I really can't think of anything funny that my children have children have called something recently. I do remember, however, when my son was little he always thought that a drink was a "gunga," I have no idea what the origin of this one was, but it was something that I always got a kick out of when he was smaller.

My brother had wife beaters, and so did a lot of my friends, that what guys wear. It's not a bad thing, but I could never understand why they were called "wife beaters".

It's like how we used to call them thongs, but now we have to call those shoes flip flops for people to understand what we are talking about. I personally hate that people call those shirts wife beaters. It's just so tacky.

i wonder who ever came up with that name? my daughter's boyfriend at the time really liked to wear those. its funny that the same shirt for girls are called tank tops.

I have a teen daughter and I have never heard her talk about these. She probably knows that if she told me what they were called I would say that she would never hang out with anyone who wore them anyway. That is a tacky nickname for a shirt. I am thankful that she is homeschooled and doesn't bring home a lot of that slang that they learn in school. She has plenty of friends but most of them know my rules about things and how I like for things to be.

I'm familiar with the term "wifebeaters" but I don't know it's origin.. it's just one of those words that's passed around so many times it's common knowledge but where it came from is not. I had an ex who would use that term frequently for any tank top shirt. I can't recall anything funny my kids have said lately... although some of my younger ones have been in a swearing phase lately, and a few days ago my 2 year old called me a "Crazy Fu**". You almost can't help but laugh when a word like that comes out of a 2 year old's mouth. I haven't found the source of these words yet though, but I believe my 7 year old is teaching them to the little ones.. I just can't figure out where he's hearing them from.

Hi Bon, Teens have a language all their own. I would not have known what he meant either. What a cute story. I love kids & what they say. I'm not around any teens now but hope i can be around ryan when he gets to ne one. Thanks for sharing.

James Dean wore these too, didn't he? The new japanese art my granddaughter used to do and I can't remember the name of it. The gothic clothing and make-up she used to wear. She was very artsy fartsy. I wish she was here right now. She could come up with a lot of phrases and such that they use now days. I am definitely out of the loop.