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Gusset vs Wedgie - What's the difference?

gusset | wedgie |

As nouns the difference between gusset and wedgie

is that gusset is a small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement while wedgie is a prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

As a verb wedgie is

to play the wedgie prank on.

gusset

English

Alternative forms

* gousset

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small piece of cloth inserted in a garment, for the purpose of strengthening some part or giving it a tapering enlargement.
  • A small piece of mail, providing some protection where two plates of armor are joined, usually at the elbows, under the shoulders, and behind the knees.
  • (machinery) A kind of bracket, or angular piece of iron, fastened in the angles of a structure to give strength or stiffness; especially, the part joining the barrel and the fire box of a locomotive boiler.
  • (heraldiccharge) An abatement or mark of dishonor in a coat of arms, resembling a gusset.
  • (roofing) A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.

    • External links

    * Wikipedia article on .

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    wedgie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.
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  • wedge-tailed eagle
  • * 2003 , Susannah Farfor, David Andrew, Hugh Finlay, Northern Territory (page 27)
    • The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.

    Synonyms

    * (prank) snuggie

    Derived terms

    * atomic wedgie

    See also

    * melvin

    Verb

  • (slang) To play the wedgie prank on.
  • * 1989 , Michael Moffatt, Coming of Age in New Jersey (page 86)
    • Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed.