wedgie. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

wedgie

SYLLABICATION:	wedg·ie
PRONUNCIATION:	wj
NOUN:	1. A shoe having a wedge-shaped heel joined to a half sole so as to form a continuous undersurface. Often used in the plural. 2. The condition of having one's clothing stuck between the buttocks, often from having had one's pants or underwear pulled up as a prank.
ETYMOLOGY:	Originally a trademark. Sense 2, from wedge.


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