"White men's briefs." I assume there's a term for when meaning can be misconstrued for humorous reasons like this. I think you're responding to a joke.
Technically that is what they wrote since they forgot the comma. "white, men's briefs" is a list of adjectives describing briefs, the noun. "White men's briefs" makes "white" the adjective describing the men who own the briefs
Men's vs. mens was also an issue that added ambiguity
Damn, if only we had some sort of way to symbolize things like this. Maybe small characters we could add to sentences to, i dunno, indicate the way things are related. lol
Sometimes context gives it off, other times you can apply an cheap version off Occam’s razor and just consider that the race version would be absurd and it’s likely the colour of the brief’s
44 Comments
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world · 171 pts · 336d
Tighty whities
Cause they are tight fitting and white.
Tm12@lemmy.ca · 26 pts · 336d
And mine are never tidy ðŸ˜
bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 336d
Get this dude a bidet
Envy@fedia.io · 16 pts · 336d
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 336d
Stenchy winchies
Envy@fedia.io · 7 pts · 336d
andrewta@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 336d
Yellow fellows
Triumph@fedia.io · 6 pts · 336d
Itchy britchies
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 6 pts · 336d
And in some unfortunate cases, not tidy.
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 336d
If it is tight fitting, then you bought the wrong size.
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 336d
They fit relatively tightly compared to boxers, even when the right size.
Steve@startrek.website · 51 pts · 336d
Tighty
mugita_sokiovt@discuss.online · 23 pts · 336d
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 22 pts · 336d
shalafi@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 336d
The race specific version would be "uptighty honkies".
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · -8 pts · 336d
And nobody mentioned race but you...
Dozzi92@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 336d
"White men's briefs." I assume there's a term for when meaning can be misconstrued for humorous reasons like this. I think you're responding to a joke.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 336d
I actually read it that way and thought it was an odd choice to highlight that.
It didn't occur to me that that might not be what they meant until I read your comment.
Taldan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 336d
Technically that is what they wrote since they forgot the comma. "white, men's briefs" is a list of adjectives describing briefs, the noun. "White men's briefs" makes "white" the adjective describing the men who own the briefs
Men's vs. mens was also an issue that added ambiguity
Oisteink@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 336d
OP writes «white men’s briefs» while it’s clearly about white men’s briefs
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 336d
Yeah, that word choice can unfortunately work perfectly in 2 ways. I meant white underwear in the briefs style
Mac@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 336d
Damn, if only we had some sort of way to symbolize things like this. Maybe small characters we could add to sentences to, i dunno, indicate the way things are related. lol
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 6 pts · 336d
There are like a trillion ways to word this:
snooggums@piefed.world · 4 pts · 336d
Move the hypen to start trouble...
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
"white, men's briefs" would indeed work.
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 336d
Or "men's white briefs".
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 336d
You racist f—!
/s
Oisteink@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d
Sometimes context gives it off, other times you can apply an cheap version off Occam’s razor and just consider that the race version would be absurd and it’s likely the colour of the brief’s
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 336d
A friend got pantsed back in middle school, revealing tighty whities and a brown stain. After that he was forever known as Skidmark Steve.
Nastybutler@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 336d
Oof. That's unfortunate
Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org · 10 pts · 336d
Tighty whitey because they fit snuggly and they are overwhelmingly white in color...
blarghly@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 336d
*snugly. Snuggly is something different.
Whirlygirl9@kbin.melroy.org · 1 pts · 336d
i said what i said... lol...i'm going to leave it anyway
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 336d
If it is tight fitting, then you bought the wrong size.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 336d
Why do you keep posting this?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 336d
Man-panties
funkajunk@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 336d
Manties, if you will
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 3 pts · 336d
The only danger there is someone may misunderstand and think you have a manatee in your pants.
On second thought, that’s not a danger. It’s an opportunity for hilarity.
blackbrook@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 336d
Is that manatee in your pants or are you REALLY happy to see me?
njm1314@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 336d
Hell son, they sure ain't tidy I'll tell you that.
dangercake@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 335d
Not with that attitude they aren't
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 336d
https://lemmy.world/c/nostupidquestions
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 336d
Huh. When I first got to Lemmy, I looked around for the no dumb questions community, look like it has grown a lot since then!
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 336d
Are briefs segregated by skin color where you live ? /s
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 336d
Hi diddly ho, my friendly Lemmy-writo!
This might also depend on how much you want to sound like Ned Flanders... So take your pick carefully!
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org · 3 pts · 336d
Envy@fedia.io · 1 pts · 336d
0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 336d
Tighty white supremacy
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 336d
If it is tight, then you bought the wrong size.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 336d
Does that change the name?