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General Slang
budgie smugglers
BUJ-ee SMUG-luhz · noun · informal
Men's tight swimming briefs (Speedos).
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Tight-fitting men's swimming briefs.
“He wore his budgie smugglers to the beach, bold move.”
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budgie smugglers In A Sentence
He wore his budgie smugglers to the beach, bold move.
Origin & Usage
Jocular Australian coinage: the bulge supposedly resembling a smuggled budgerigar.
People Also Ask
What are 'budgie smugglers'?
They're tight-fitting men's swimming briefs, the style commonly known by the brand name Speedos.
Why are they called 'budgie smugglers'?
It's a jocular Australian coinage: the bulge at the front supposedly looks like a smuggled budgerigar (a small pet bird).
Is 'budgie smugglers' a rude term?
No, it's cheeky and humorous rather than rude, and it's widely used in everyday Australian speech and even the media.
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