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definitions
noun
- very short sports shorts, especially split shorts, which reveal a majority of the thighs
We’ll be seeing a lot of grey haired ppl wearing drifit tees with shorts/fbts and crocs in the future.
— 2024 September 9, u/UnintelligibleThing. Reddit, "Group of children playing, Clark Quay, 1970s". https://www.reddit.com/r/singapore/comments/1fcmuuj/group_of_children_playing_clark_quay_1970s/lmaali0/
I'm a guy and I wear FBT shorts (the short, pocketless ones). I do get stares and sometimes ridicule from people ... FBTs are cheap, cooling, comfortable, so why don't more guys wear them? Perhaps if more guys do, then it'll be normalised.
— 2019 March 16, Anonymous (Facebook post). NUSWhispers. https://www.facebook.com/nuswhispers/posts/pfbid0xfpVPMomt6ir2KNNhYJXk5hb5dMw32oFoTbLzN6HyuKHkRcwYvHnDei5GiVVeV7Ql
usage notes
Sometimes stigmatized due to their revealing nature and association with sloppy, unfashionable dressing.