manderwear

manderwear
 adj.β€” Β« I’ve gotten much mileage out of the terms manties and manderwearβ€”silly terms for men’s underwear in a community where lots of people are wearing them.Β» β€”β€œFutches and manties” by Guinevere Turner Advocate Aug. 14, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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