What items of clothing have changed their names over the years?

Factual Questions
61

When I was a kid, I wore a tank top. Nowadays, people wear wife beaters. What is this world coming to?

62

I think that both terms are still used - they refer to different things. A tank top can be any sleeveless top, but a wifebeater is the underwear-style tank top that is white, or possibly grey (or white but so stained it looks brown or grey :slight_smile: ).

63

The only time I saw the term used was in an old, old, film where high school kids circa 1955 were lounging around in blue jeans (with cuffed bottoms) while the narrator exclaimed that dungarees were the sure mark of a juvenile delinquent.

64

When I was a kid, they were Dago Tees. Swear to Og. I had no idea what “Dago” meant! :eek:

65

Well, they were/are popular among Italian-Americans.

And in case anyone doesn’t know, ‘Dago’ is an offensive slur for Italian.

For the same reason, the racist members of my family called them Guinea Tees.