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wedgies

  • plural
    of wedgie.
    wedgie
    noun
    Often wedgies. a shoe with a wedge heel.

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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

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

Even the wedgies — and there were many — became symbols of fortitude.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2017

I stopped on the corner where I live and bought some potato wedgies and a soda from the burger joint.

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers

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