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Iclearwater Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Give yourself a wedgie

Hi,

Would anyone please explain what "give yourself a wedgie" means?

I heard that from the American cartoon- The Simpsons, in which Bart told his butler "give yourself a wedgie". And then the butler pulled out the back of his shirt from his trousers.

I got the definition from an English dictionary, which defines wedgie as "N the state of having one's underpants or shorts caught between one's buttocks (esp in the phrasegive someone a wedgie)"

But I'm still in the dark. What's the purpose for asking for that? Is that insulting or disrespectful?

Many thanks

  

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It's a play on words. One definition of "wedgie" is the one you mentioned. The other is a type of sandwich (or possibly another kind of food).

— Teechr

  • It's a play on words.
  • One definition of "wedgie" is the one you mentioned.
  • The other is a type of sandwich (or possibly another kind of food).
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It's a play on words.

One definition of "wedgie" is the one you mentioned. The other is a type of sandwich (or possibly another kind of food).

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Bart is being mean to the butler. Since the butler works for him, he follows Bart's order to bully himself.

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