wifebeaters Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[Carol]

Alex Hogan wrote:
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> That name for that shirt has been around for 30 or more years. I
have always thought of it as a lower-class white trailer trash kind of
thing. Eeeew.

Carol responds:

IOW, since my young author is trying to create a sexy image for her
twenty-three-year-old male character, she should use a different term?
What term should she use that won't be offensive or conjure up the
wrong image?

Carol, who needs to know how to advise her client