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▪ I. wedgie colloq.|ˈwɛdʒɪ|
Also wedgy.
[f. wedge n. + -y6.]
A wedge-heeled shoe (see wedge n. 9 b); more recently, also spec. one with a built-up or ‘stacked’ sole. Usu. in pl.
1940Women's Wear Daily 15 Mar. 18/1 New streamlined wedgies that make the foot look smaller. 1943Consumers' Res. Bull. (U.S.) Dec. 20/2 Brown leather ‘wedgie’ with bottom-sole of thin leather. 1950[see sling-back s.v. sling n.2 7]. 1962A. Huxley Island ix. 133 Soft Platform Wedgies in Wide Widths. 1974E. Brawley Rap (1975) i. v. 83 She always wore those white wedgies, old Marie-Claude, claimed they eased her feet on the job.
▪ II. wedgie, n.2 slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈwɛdʒi|, U.S. |ˈwɛdʒi|
Forms: 19– wedgie, 19– wedgy
[‹ wedge n. + -y suffix6.]
An act of pulling the cloth of a person's underwear, trousers, etc., tightly between the buttocks, esp. as a practical joke; any positioning of a person's underwear, pants, etc., resembling the result of such a pulling.
1977J. Langone Life at Bottom iii. 31 ‘What's the matter sir, you ain't never had a wedgie?’ ‘What's a wedgie?’ ‘Well, sir, that's when they grab you right there by the ass of your trousers and give 'er a good tug.’ 1987D. F. Wallace Broom of System (1993) 370 Neil Obstat had been given a wedgie..in the boys' locker room..and had been left..hanging by his underwear from a coat-hook in the hall. 1999Rolling Stone 18 Mar. 73/2 Jack..and Jane..are twins so psychically linked that Jane knows when Jack has a wedgie. |