<Dl> <Dd> Can anyone confirm that the picture is actually of a "male" as the caption says?--The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.167. 88.21 (talk) 08: 08, 8 December 2006 (UTC). </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Can anyone confirm that the picture is actually of a "male" as the caption says?--The preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.167. 88.21 (talk) 08: 08, 8 December 2006 (UTC). </Dd> <P> I personally coined this term in 1983 or 1984 in reference to a friend's date who was wearing said shirt . I said "be careful, he's wearing a wife beater shirt ." I also used the term Kowalski for the shirt but wife beater seemed to be more understandable to the less literate crowd . It caught on throughout high school and I continued to introduce it in college . Years later, I would be surprised by its use by people I didn't know and in the media . Whether I was the first, I don't know but it was original to me when I first said it . I often wonder if it just spread from that .--Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605: E000: 3C91: 300: C9CB: 9271: CEAD: 2FC2 (talk) 19: 42, 6 March 2016 (UTC) </P> <P> Tom Meehan? 1998? Clearly false . Kelly Hardin, Random House The Mavens' Word of the Day . They date the word to 1996 . Android8 01: 40, 27 March 2007 (UTC) </P>

Where did the wife beater get its name
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