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'Wedgie' Added to Webster's Dictionary
Tuesday, March 15, 2005

CLEVELAND ? "Wedgie," a teenager's locker-room nightmare, has made it into the dictionary.

Webster's New World College Dictionary (search), based in Cleveland, said "wedgie" was among its new additions to its latest edition.

The new edition will carry this listing: "wedgie: noun. a prank in which the victim's undershorts are jerked upward so as to become wedged between the buttocks."

The dictionary also carries the traditional "wedgie" definition: a type of shoe.

"'Wedgie' was always a part of the high school terminology that you sort of never thought about later," said Editor in Chief Michael Agnes.

"It never really entered the mainstream until the '90s. It broke out of high school and, boy ? if you don't know what it is, you're absolutely at a loss."

The new edition will reach bookstores by May and has 58 new entries, plus another 20 new senses of existing words (such as "wedgie").

Thank you for that new one. :thumbsup cool

There is a word for plumber's crack that I have forgotten. What is it?

I have always said, what takes America so long to add slang to a dictionary.

In is our language if it is said alot, its a word, and if its a word it needs to be in dictionary, right?

Wonder how many years of debate it took to allow this one in...

being that i have known the word since the early 70's and many others probably longer than that, i would say it's safe to say 5 decades at least.

I have no idea but your talking "butt cleavage" type of word.

Are you becoming the new TruckStop Productions? :winkwink:

Yeah, but it's just one word. I knew it. I forgot it. Now it drives me crazy when I try to remember it. Thanks for reminding me :)

Hmmm, what is the word your thinking of? Now, you got me going.

Whats a one word description of butt cleavage macho man butt crack?

Anyone know?

Hahahaha, that's funny!