wedgie
Americannoun
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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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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
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
Instead, they're something only the guy who listens to the radio broadcast of the game while actually at the game could possibly get away with sans atomic wedgie.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 11, 2018
There were a lot of lingering body horrors in this episode: the OCD wedgie, the ass splinter, the Q-tips, the pathetic result of Adam’s breakdown.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2013
It’s like you can’t just tell them about your French teacher’s obvious wedgie, or Garrett dropping his tray in the cafeteria.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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
Because here is the immutable truth, as every gymnast ever in the history of gymnastics can tell you: Bottoms of some sort obscure and prevent wedgies.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2021
I was that requisite creepy English guy with cut-off denim shorts who spent seven glorious weeks attempting to fathom the American traditions of lanyard-making, Devil Dogs and skyhook wedgies.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 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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