Wedgies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. An act of pulling someone's underwear upwards to create discomfort
2. A type of prank commonly targeted at friends and peers involving their clothing
3. This term can also refer to the resulting state where the underwear rides up between the buttocks

Etymology: "Wedgies" is the plural of "wedgie," a noun for the prank of yanking someone's underwear up hard, usually from behind, so that the waistband rides up into the buttocks. The root is the ordinary English word "wedge," a piece of material tapering to a thin edge, which is driven into a gap. The lifted waistband is pictured as being forced into the crack like a wedge, and the familiar "-ie" ending is a diminutive suffix, the same one found in words like "hankie" and "Aussie," that gives the noun a playful, slangy tone.