Wedgie


 * Wedgie is also a nickname for a Recumbent bicycle.

The wedgie is a joke maneuver done to humiliate someone. It is inflicted when someone grabs the victim's underwear and pulls them up between the buttocks. Used, among other places, in the Dilbert comic. In the animated cartoon on Cartoon Network The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy there is a bully who often gives wedgies to children. In an older show, The Mask, the main hero also used atomic wedgies as a weapon against his enemies. An atomic wedgie refers to when (somehow) the assailant is able to pull the underwear over the victim's head. In fiction, there's one villain that gives wedgies, known as Wedgie Woman in Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman. A 'wedgie' could also mean when a person's undergarments get folded up and 'ride up' between the buttocks, causing discomfort and annoyance. Can be caused by bad posture, awkward sitting or tight underpants such as thongs.

The Fetish
Wedgies are also seen by some as a form of sexual arousement. This can be for many reasons - it is a slight form of S&M, and the feeling of the material can also be very arousing. With women, a frontal wedgie, called a Melvin, can stimulate them and cause arousal. Some also say that the idea of seeing somebody's underwear is arousing, because in modern day culture underwear is not supposed to be shown in public. See http://www.wedgiegirls.com for more information.