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means Clothing designed for exercise — stretchy, breathable fabrics meant for athletic movement — that in practice gets worn mostly for comfort rather than actual activity.

from A straightforward 20th-century compound of 'active' + 'wear,' born as retail and marketing language once sportswear splintered into specialized categories. 'Active' traces back to Latin 'activus' (full of action), while 'wear' as a noun for clothing is old English, the same 'wear' you do when you put something on. The word itself has no deeper secret — the irony is all in how people actually use the clothes.