orphans answered Friday May 11 2007, 12:52 pm: A tank top. Because, I'm guessing that in all of the scary movies, the drunks that beat their wives wear those tank tops. So they came to be known as 'wife beaters.' [ orphans's advice column | Ask orphans A Question ]
clarayow answered Friday May 11 2007, 12:44 pm: Haha. I can't stop laughing at ammo's answer. He sounded so serious when he answered it. I think what you're asking for, is a kind of clothing that looks like a singlet.
The origin of the term wifebeater is from the stereotype that the shirts are worn predominantly by men who beat their wives.
ammo answered Friday May 11 2007, 10:43 am: 'Wife beater' refers literally to someone who beats and/or physically abuses his/her wife or girlfriend. [ ammo's advice column | Ask ammo A Question ]
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