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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 didn't hear them called wife beaters until COPS (TV series) which would often show wife beaters wearing wife beaters. Note that I live in Kansas City, MO and before that I lived in Kansas. Other comments on here seem to suggest that wife beater was used more in other parts of the country. --Gbleem 15:13, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
John David was convicted of Navarasu's murder and was given a double life sentence (to be served consecutively) by the Cuddalore district sessions court on 11 March 1998. The Madras High Court overturned the verdict on 5 October 2001 and acquitted him. The state of Tamil Nadu appealed to the Indian Supreme court. On 20 April 2011, the supreme ...
The "Brat Pack" name was coined by writer David Blum in a 1985 New York magazine article that was supposed to be about Emilio Estevez, but wound up instead focusing on a crew of actors in their ...
The Brat Pack was a moniker created by journalist David Blum in a 1985 piece for New York Magazine — originally set to be a profile following Emilio Estevez. The article made waves by giving ...
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.
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 may also refer to: a type of sleeveless shirt; a nickname for certain alcoholic drinks: Rum, made from sugarcane, sometimes called "the golden wifebeater"
The White Caps is a 1905 American silent drama film, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter showing how a man abusing his wife is punished by a group of white-hooded men. It is one of the first American films exposing conjugal violence against women and showing the action of vigilante groups .