Wedgie

A wedgie is the practice of pulling someone's underwear up causing the underwear to wedge between the buttocks. It can be inflicted as a practical joke, or as a form of bullying, depending on the context and people involved, and can often be painful to receive. A wedgie can also happen when a person's undergarments get bunched up and "ride up" between the buttocks, causing discomfort and annoyance. This can be caused by bad posture, awkward sitting or tight underpants.

Popular culture

 * The atomic wedgie, a wedgie where the rear waistband of the underwear is pulled over the receivers head, is a major plot device in the Seinfeld episode "The Library" and a frequent jest by Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the hosts of Car Talk.


 * In the videogame Bully you can step up to any boy or man and give him a wedgie. And in one cut scene you see a nerd called Earnest beeing given a wedgie that liftens him from the ground by a jock.


 * In the Dilbert comics wedgies are frequently used.


 * In the animated cartoon on Cartoon Network The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, there is a bully named Sperg who often gives wedgies to children.


 * In the animated cartoon, on Nickelodeon, "The Fairly OddParents", a bully named Francis usually gives wedgies to children younger than him.


 * One of the slogans used for the Jetix show, Yin-Yang-Yo! is "Giving evil a wedgie!"


 * In the animated show, The Mask, the main hero used "atomic wedgies" as a weapon against his enemies, especially on Police Lt. Kellaway and his partner Doyle. This was taken from a scene in the movie where he did it to a gang leader.


 * In Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman there is one villain that gives wedgies, known as Wedgie Woman.


 * In Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey, Bill and Ted give the grim reaper a wedgie (specifically, a melvin) to escape death.


 * In MTV's Beavis and Butt-head episode "Stewart's House", Stewart is given an "atomic wedgie", which included a cactus, rubbing alcohol and an electric mixer down the back of Stewart's wedgied tighty-whities.


 * The Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts used the word "Melvin" regularly to refer to a wedgie whence the underwear is pulled from the front.


 * Rapper Jim Jones often threatens to give people wedgies.


 * In The Simpsons, bullies Nelson, Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph usually give wedgies to smaller and nerdier kids, like Martin and Milhouse, who also uses the term 'Rear Admiral.'


 * In Scary Movie 2 Anna Faris gets a wedgie and in Scary Movie 3 Jenny McCarthy receives a wedgie from Pamela Anderson.


 * In the Nickelodeon cartoon Stickin' Around, Bradley was always wedgied by Lance and Russell.


 * During flashbacks in an episode of "Titus," Christopher Titus complains to his father that, unless he delivers nickelbags of pot to jocks at school, they're going to give him wedgies; even if "[he hasn't] healed from the last one."


 * In RV (film) Carl Munro (Josh Hutcherson) receives a wedgie from the three kids playing basketball


 * In an episode of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody Zack has to attend summer school and gets a wedgie because he's the smartest.


 * In the music video of Weird Al Yankovic's song White & Nerdy, as Al sings that he has his name on his underwear, someone gives him a wedgie which exposes the waistband showing that indeed the name "Alfred" is written on it. "Alfred" is Weird Al's given name.


 * In Jackass: The Movie, Steve-O performs a "Bungee Wedge", which involved being hanged by the underwear to a tree. This resulted in bleeding.


 * In Daddy Day Camp, a little kid gets a wedgie from other kids.