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strandinthewind 03-15-2005 11:11 AM

Wedgies
 
Just so I never have to haul out the dic. and cite to this and JUST to make Tower apoplectic :p

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

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").

amber 03-15-2005 11:27 AM

Why does Tower care about Wedgies?

strandinthewind 03-15-2005 11:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by amber
Why does Tower care about Wedgies?

Well, for all I know, he may love them :laugh:

But, I think he will object to the informal word being put in the dic. as I think he does with most vernacular :cool:

amber 03-15-2005 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Well, for all I know, he may love them :laugh:

But, I think he will object to the informal word being put in the dic. as I think he does with most vernacular :cool:

oooohhh, right. :laugh: :wavey: ooo, put in "bling", too! :laugh:


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