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wardrobe malfunction

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00If someone's fly is open, can I say he's experiencing a wardrobe malfunction?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00What's the actual meaning of "wardrobe malfunction"? 00The phrase is only used as a mild joke. 02font 02br 02br 01font 00If someone's fly is open, can I say he's experiencing a wardrobe malfunction?

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00What's the actual meaning of "wardrobe malfunction"?
  • 00The phrase is only used as a mild joke.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00If someone's fly is open, can I say he's experiencing a wardrobe malfunction?
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00What's the actual meaning of "wardrobe malfunction"? 00The phrase is only used as a mild joke. 02font02br
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01font00If someone's fly is open, can I say he's experiencing a wardrobe malfunction? 02font00Yes.02br
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0I believe this phrase dates from the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, when pop singer Janet Jackson's "costume reveal" was a bit 05000. Thus, it has a slightly naughty connotation, which you seem to have picked up on. 0230hrefhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/US/02/02/superbowl.jackson/ctoo revelatory
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0Thanks, Clive and Delmobile. I was surprised when I saw it live 050010id1
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0 By the way, in my opinion, that was no wardrobe malfunction. It was 01u00planned02u00! 0-
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0So Philip, you don't think she wears that piercing on an everyday basis? 050010id1
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0I agree with Philip. It was no accident. Perhaps not a daily basis - perhaps she saves it for nationally televised appearances.02br
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00Probably the only football moment shown more often than Joe Theisman's broken leg, and yet I've managed to see neither!0-
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0 GG, why else did *** make Youtube? 02br
00I was just thinking about poor Joe Theisman yesterday afternoon - while doing hamstring stretches 050010id1
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0Hi Del,02br
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00Just out of natural wierdness I decided to Google "wears that piercing," and I got one hit - yours!02br
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00(Seriously, I was just wondering if that's a common usage.)02br
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00Best wishes, - A.0-
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0I think the bits you wear on various body parts are often called "piercings," yes. I suppose I should have said "05000." 0230hrefhttp://piercingmart.com/products/explosion-nipple-shield-p13627.htmlcnipple shield
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0About half a year ago, I read a CNN article about a passenger being harrassed by airport security officers for wearing nipple piercings. 0-
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