BVD's

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A trademark for men's underwear: "BVD's" is a proprietary name for a brand of men's undergarments, often used informally to refer to men's underwear in general.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • He packed a clean pair of BVD's for the trip.
    • In the old advertisement, the cowboy was wearing only his BVD's.
Advanced Usage
  • The term is often used in a casual, sometimes humorous or old-fashioned context to refer to men's underwear.
    • He ran out in his BVD's to get the newspaper.
Variants and Related Words
  • BVD: A variant spelling without the apostrophe and "s," though "BVD's" is common.
    • The BVD brand has been around for over a century.
Synonyms
  • Underwear: General term for clothing worn beneath outer clothes.
  • Undergarments: A more formal term for underwear.
  • Briefs: A specific style of close-fitting men's underwear.
Notes on Meaning
  • The word is a trademark (BVD) used as a genericized term. It is typically pluralized with an apostrophe and "s" ('BVD's') in common usage, though this is not the standard form of the trademark itself.
  • It specifically refers to men's underwear and carries a mid-20th-century American cultural connotation.
Noun
  1. trademark for men's underwear

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