wedgy
9.6
A prank that pulls someone's underwear up between their bottom and causes pain
- noun
- /ˈwɛdʒi/
- Offensive
:
tirón del calzón
- After his friend gave him a wedgie, he couldn't stop laughing at the prank.
Examples
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I kind of like the butt skirt because it makes me less conscious about the the wedgie you catch.
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I just got the worst wedgie of my life ready.
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So there's one kid that used to that wedgie and, you know, giving him a hard time.
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Gets caught inside of a wedgie, I'm actually just an innocent sea veggie.
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She complained about the wedgie she got while playing sports.
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At camp, the kids often played pranks, and giving each other a wedgie was a favorite joke.
Synonyms
15
9.2
A prank where someone pulls up another person's underwear from behind to embarrass them
focuses on the physical discomfort felt after the pull rather than the prank
Antonyms
How Embarrassing
humiliation
148
4.2
- Offensive
148
4.2
wedgy
- Offensive
teasing
18
2.3
- Offensive
18
2.3
to prank
16
2.9
- Informal
16
2.9
joke
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1.0
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wedgy for the prank comes from the same idea of a wedge: someone pulls underwear so it fits like a tight 'wedge' between the body. So a wedgy is the painful, wedge-like feeling you get when someone gives that prank.