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budgie smugglers

noun

Etymology

A jocular reference to a man's tight-fitting swimming costume or swimsuit appearing as if he has a budgerigar concealed inside it, i.e. his bulging genitals.

Definitions

  1. A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the…

    A style of tightfitting men's swimming costume cut like underwear briefs that covers the buttocks and groin but not the legs and reveals the bulge of the genitals; especially worn in surf lifesaving and in swimming races.

    • Roughly, the rule goes: if you have just swum, are planning to swim soon or are reasonably proximate to a place where others are swimming, then your budgie smugglers are perfectly acceptable.
    • "Mr Baillieu has popped out of the water in his budgie-smugglers, but he doesn't reckon that climate change is a problem," Garrett scoffed. "I mean, give me a break."
    • “If you think that men in budgie smugglers don’t look good, well all the blokes in this race still have it and they looked great,” she joked.

  2. plural of budgie smuggler (“small bag attached to the belt”)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA