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