Meaning & use

Chuddie

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Underwear, especially as used in informal British Asian slang.

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He joked about running down the street in nothing but his chuddies.

The comedy sketch made "chuddies" a household word for underpants overnight.

A note on using this word

"Chuddies" entered mainstream British slang largely through the 1990s sketch show "Goodness Gracious Me," which popularized the Punjabi-derived term for underwear.

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