wifebeaters Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[kempermentor]

> Carol:
> Anyone have teenage or college-age sons who wear the things?
> 
> Carol, still looking for another word to describe a men's sleeveless
> A-shirt (and few people use that term, to my knowledge) in a color
> other than white

Kemper now:
I work with males (and females) between 12-22.  Many experience time 
within the justice system, mental health system, and/or drug/alcohol 
programs.  The white, tank, A-shirt is referred to as a wifebeater, no 
matter how often they are asked to refer to it as an undershirt or tank 
or A-shirt.  It is becoming a part of the lexicon (not hp-lexicon, 
that's a different, long thread... though, I could see Ludo wearing 
one.)

"black wifebeater" jolts this reader.  It should just be "wifebeater" 
or "black sleeveless, nearly shoulderless tee".

fwiw,
Kemper