what are the orgins of tank tops being called "wife beaters"?
ghostdog56
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Does anyone know how this started? Who first coined the term? And when was it first used?
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I was told that in every old movie and man that would slap his chick had it on.
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Ike stay having them on, in Tina's backstage meet and beats.
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Growing up i always thought they were called white beaters
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Italians beat they women in them
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It comes from that pig show Cops.. When trailer park trash would get arrested on that show for smacking around their wives.. They would usually always have on those undershirts so hence the name 'wife beaters'…
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ghostdog56 wrote: »Does anyone know how this started? Who first coined the term? And when was it first used?
I read about this a few years ago but something along the lines of men in the 50's wore them and at that time they abused their wives daily or some ? .. stupid name has stuck since -
Ajackson17 wrote: »
That ethnic was Italians...stelllaaa -
Yo, from what I heard, On the tv show cops most of the cats that were arrested for abusing their wives had on the undershirts so it stuck
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They allow for complete wife beating motions
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Yea no sleeves to slow down the momentum when slapping a ? . Also different colors meant different slapping styles. The black wifebeater meant you backhand ? .
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shout out to the legendary roast of @dwo long ass wifebeater lmao
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BangEm_Bart wrote: »Yea no sleeves to slow down the momentum when slapping a ? . Also different colors meant different slapping styles. The black wifebeater meant you backhand ? .
@BOSSExcellence
ill never hit a woman nah,
a ? neither..
ill simply fire her. lol -
Prince father on Purple Rain (movie)
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BOSSExcellence wrote: »BangEm_Bart wrote: »Yea no sleeves to slow down the momentum when slapping a ? . Also different colors meant different slapping styles. The black wifebeater meant you backhand ? .
@BOSSExcellence
ill never hit a woman nah,
a ? neither..
ill simply fire her. lol
Bruh, I was so expecting the GOAT Suga line... "but I will slap da ? outta ? ! Why ya Bullshittin'!!" LoL
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Lol it's like hooping with a cut off or Jersey on vs a t shirt.... the wife beater give that free motion to beat a ? ..
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We were callin' 'em "wifebeaters" since the early 80's, long before Cops first aired. It came from old movies and Crime Stopper PSA's. We used to call 'em mobster shirts, but then some time in the early 80's you started seeing every degenerate wife abuser in movies, tv shows, and whatnot wearing 'em so that's what they were called.
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Growing up i always thought they were called white beaters
Yall laughin but im 4real.
If it was black i called it a black beater too :# -
Nah it originated from Streetcar Named Desire. In the play the husband (can't remember his name) would beat the ? out of his wife (Stella ) in tank tops...hence the name. It dates back to the 30s i think.