Wedgie vs Merry - What's the difference?
wedgie | merry |
(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)
(slang) To play the wedgie prank on.
* 1989 , Michael Moffatt, Coming of Age in New Jersey (page 86)
Jolly and full of high spirits
* Shakespeare
Festive and full of fun and laughter
* 1883 , (Howard Pyle), (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood)
Brisk
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
* Spenser
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
As a noun wedgie
is (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.As a verb wedgie
is (slang) to play the wedgie prank on.As a proper noun merry is
originally a nickname for a merry person.wedgie
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie .}}
- The white-bellied sea eagle is almost as big as a wedgie and handsomely marked in grey and white.
Synonyms
* (prank) snuggieDerived terms
* atomic wedgieSee also
* melvinVerb
- Last year's juniors had wedgied last year's freshmen, and then each freshman victim had happily joined the patrol, its aficionados claimed.
merry
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- We had a very merry Christmas.
- I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
- f I have the chance, I will make our worshipful Sheriff pay right well for that which he hath done to me. Maybe I may bring him some time into Sherwood Forest and have him to a right merry feast with us.
- Everyone was merry at the party.
- The play moved along at a merry pace.
- a merry jest
- merry wind and weather
- Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.