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A man receiving a wedgie

A wedgie occurs when a person's underwear or other garments are wedged between the buttocks. While a wedgie can be created naturally, the term is usually associated with a prank or as a form of bullying. When a person is on the receiving end of a wedgie, their underwear is forcibly pulled up by a second person.

Wedgies are commonly featured in popular works, either as a form of low comedy or as a behaviour representative of bullying. In such works, briefs (also known as tighty whiteys) are usually the type of underpants that a wedgie is performed upon.^[1]^[2]

Variations

As a prank or form of bullying, there are a number of variants to the normal wedgie. The wedgie is particularly effective as a bullying type prank as it is both painful and humiliating. When a traditional wedgie is performed the victims underwear or panties are pulled forcefully upwards causing a tearing pressure to the victim's anus, thus causing tremendous pain. The humiliation aspect lies in the public effect of seeing the victim's underwear forced into such a tender area. It is wholly impractical to list every variant, as the names and processes are entirely subjective; however, there are a few better-known variants.

The Melvin is a variant where the victim's underwear is pulled up from the front, to cause injury to the victim's genitals.^[3]
The atomic wedgie entails hoisting the waistband of the receiver's underwear up and over their head.^[3]^[4]
The hanging wedgie is a variant in which the victim is hung from his or her underwear, elevated above the ground.^[5]

Events

On April 6, 2006, Fox News reported on an Albany, New York teacher who was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child for giving a 10-year-old student a wedgie.^[6]^[7]

In 2007, eight-year-old second graders Jared and Justin Serovich came up with "wedgie-proof" underwear at the Central Ohio Invention Competition 2007 where their invention got them into the finals.^[8]

References

^ wedgie. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Accessed 30 November 2007 via Dictionary.com.
^ No More Bullies, School Counselor Resources.
^ ^a ^b Curran, David (2007-01-04). "Gwyneth And 'The Atomic Wedgie'". www.sfgate.com (San Francisco Chronicle). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2007/01/04/gwyneth.DTL. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
^ Krysis, B. M. (2004). The Angry Plumber and Other Woefully True Bathroom Calamities. Trafford Publishing. pp. 72. ISBN 9781412023597. http://books.google.com/books?id=nFp0PL2kGLwC&pg=PA72&dq=wedgie&sig=CujNMTm4WhP7YUTWVvR6EdKm8qs. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
^ Stuever, Hank (2002-09-02). "At School, a Most Uncomfortable Subject". The Washington Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/158159441.html?dids=158159441:158159441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=SEP+02%2C+2002&author=Hank+Stuever&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=At+School%2C+a+Most+Uncomfortable+Subject&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
^ Hume, Brit (2006-04-06). "Charges for Giving a Wedgie". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190761,00.html.
^ Greg Tananbaum and Dan Martin (2005). Atomic Wedgies, Wet Willies, and Other Acts of Roguery. Santa Monica Press. ISBN 978-1595800008.
^ "Twins, 8, invent 'wedgie-proof' underpants". MSNBC. 2007-11-02. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21599350/.

[0] wedgie. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. Accessed 30 November 2007 via Dictionary.com.

[1] No More Bullies, School Counselor Resources.

[sfgate-2] Curran, David (2007-01-04). "Gwyneth And 'The Atomic Wedgie'". www.sfgate.com (San Francisco Chronicle). http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2007/01/04/gwyneth.DTL. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

[3] Krysis, B. M. (2004). The Angry Plumber and Other Woefully True Bathroom Calamities. Trafford Publishing. pp. 72. ISBN 9781412023597. http://books.google.com/books?id=nFp0PL2kGLwC&pg=PA72&dq=wedgie&sig=CujNMTm4WhP7YUTWVvR6EdKm8qs. Retrieved 2009-07-06.

[4] Stuever, Hank (2002-09-02). "At School, a Most Uncomfortable Subject". The Washington Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/158159441.html?dids=158159441:158159441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=SEP+02%2C+2002&author=Hank+Stuever&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=At+School%2C+a+Most+Uncomfortable+Subject&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2009-07-07.

[5] Hume, Brit (2006-04-06). "Charges for Giving a Wedgie". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,190761,00.html.

[wedgies-6] Greg Tananbaum and Dan Martin (2005). Atomic Wedgies, Wet Willies, and Other Acts of Roguery. Santa Monica Press. ISBN 978-1595800008.

[7] "Twins, 8, invent 'wedgie-proof' underpants". MSNBC. 2007-11-02. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21599350/.

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