wedgie
Americannoun
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wedgies
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Often wedgies. a shoe with a wedge heel.
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Informal. the condition of having one's underpants or other clothing uncomfortably stuck between the buttocks.
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Among the newly popular offerings: a slouchier, lower-rise version of its flagship jean sold as 501 ’90s, and its wedgie bootcut fit, which was designed to flatter the backside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
He’s an idiot, but one Vinod finds himself speaking to in a difficult moment with his other friends, and while his torturer is giving him a wedgie.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
A city department or sheriff’s office might not see the value in putting an officer full-time at a grade school, where whole years might pass without seeing anything more dangerous than a wedgie.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022
If a tense, noir surf riff out of a spy film didn’t emphasise the absurd stealth manoeuvres that underpin female beauty standards, the Spanx wedgie drove home the indignity.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2020
What happened was a massive wedgie contest between the seventh and eighth graders, two pebble fights, and a full-tackle basketball game.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Musk was never a great fit for the dirtbag crowd, which has always been more interested in giving wedgies to self-congratulatory nerds than treating them like heroes.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2025
To teach young wrestlers to avoid kinjite, the Japanese hold shokkiri – staged sumo matches in which the contestants poke eyes, pull hair, give wedgies and perform other fouls, all to comic effect.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2019
If Michigan was to finally give the wedgies rather than receive them, Saturday represented its best shot in years.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2018
Even the wedgies — and there were many — became symbols of fortitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2017
Mtisha ordered a large wedgies and a soda and asked me if I wanted anything.
From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers
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