[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[P. Alexis Nguyen]

Carol responds:
>  Then you're the person I need to consult! The manuscript I'm editing
>  now calls a man's sleeveless tank-top shirt (what the Brits, I think,
>  would call a "vest") a "wifebeater." I was appalled by the term and
>  couldn't find it in the dictionary, but I did find it in common use on
>  shopping sites. Am I being an old fogey or is "wifebeater" an
>  acceptable term? Is there a better one that wouldn't sound so
>  offensive? ("Vest" won't do; it's an American book.)

Wifebeater is a very appropriate term, especially if it's an American
book - it sounds a little appalling but I promise it's not insulting
and very much common language.  Just ask any 20-something or younger
what they layer underneath their tees.  :)

~Ali