civvies

civvies

Clothing that one chooses to wear, as opposed to clothing that one is required to wear, such as a uniform. ("Civvies" is short for "civilian.") Once I change into my civvies, I'll meet you at the restaurant. As soon as I get home from work, I want to change into civvies immediately. We're going out right after school, so I brought civvies to change into. I don't want to walk around the mall in my school uniform, like a dork!

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civvies

(ˈsɪviz)

n. civilian clothes rather than a uniform. (Originally military.) I re-upped because I couldn’t stand the thought of civvies and stuff like that.

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