blackouts
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Meaning · English
Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[…] her blackouts. When the Officer inspected everything went well. The only thing was that two of our WAAF were not wearing any knickers at all!
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “blackouts” mean?
Long, dark-coloured underwear worn by the WAAF in winter.
Is “blackouts” formal or informal?
blackouts is generally slang.