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Wife-beater, wifebeater, or wife beater is a slang term for a person who commits domestic violence against his or her wife, or long term female partner. It can also refer to: a type of sleeveless shirt; a nickname for certain alcoholic drinks: Rum, made from sugarcane, sometimes called "the golden wifebeater"
Other slang terms include wifebeater, beater, guinea tee or dago tee (guinea and dago being American ethnic slurs for people of Italian ethnicity). A popular claim regarding the origin of the term 'wifebeater' is that it became synonymous with an undershirt after a Detroit man was reportedly arrested in 1947 for beating his wife to death.
I've never heard the term Wife-beater used in Australia. I actually thought a wife-beater was a jumper type garment until recently. I've always heard it called a singlet. 203.59.205.184 11:17, 17 February 2007 (UTC) NO! Wifebeater is its own category. It is not a good idea to merge it. People will also have a much harder time locating it.
Young fashion influencers on TikTok are re-branding white tank tops and undershirts as "wife pleasers" in an effort to challenge the previous name's association with domestic violence.
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