# Okay, guys: what do you call this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915 "2005-07-17T23:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/1 "2005-07-17T23:39:18Z")
And don’t tell me you don’t have a name for this, because I’m sure you do. What’s the guy name for the phenomenon of a woman getting her clothing wedged, to any degree, between her buttcheeks? Swimsuit, nightgown, underwear, trousers, anything except a thong, which is supposed to go there. Well? ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/2 "2005-07-17T23:40:05Z")
Hungry bum? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/3 "2005-07-17T23:41:23Z")
You mean when it happens to a guy? Well we say our ‘underpants are riding’ (or at least my inner monologue does) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/4 "2005-07-17T23:42:38Z")
“wedgie” ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/5 "2005-07-17T23:43:11Z")
? a wedgie, but that applies to both sexes. If you get a wedgie ‘in the front’ then it’s called a camel toe. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/6 "2005-07-17T23:44:22Z")
No, no, no. What do men call it when they see the phenomenon on a woman? You know, like: “Hey, check out the \_\_\_\_\_ on _that_ one, har!” or “\_\_\_\_\_ at two o’clock, men! Har-har!” I bet the guys on _The Man Show_ know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/7 "2005-07-17T23:45:28Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > “wedgie” No, but there’s gotta be a secret, men-only, nastier term. Yeah? ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/8 "2005-07-17T23:47:23Z")
Sorry, don’t know of any that apply specifically to women. Wait…when a woman wearing a tong bends over and you get a peek at the top of the thong, we call that a ‘T-bar’. As in “hey, that’s chicks got a t-bar! EVERYBODY, HUMP!” ---
**Author:** ![CantUseMyRealName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@CantUseMyRealName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CantUseMyRealName)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/9 "2005-07-17T23:49:58Z")
it’s called a “Ms. Ribble” ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/10 "2005-07-18T03:53:44Z")
Men, as a group are not subtle enough to have a code that is successfully hidden from women, unless that code involves machinery, hunting, or sports. We have lots of codes, they are all well known, and universally considered rude and disgusting by women, who have heard all of them. Sorry Tris ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/11 "2005-07-18T06:02:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Sorry, don’t know of any that apply specifically to women. Wait…when a woman wearing a tong bends over and you get a peek at the top of the thong, we call that a ‘T-bar’. As in “hey, that’s chicks got a t-bar! EVERYBODY, HUMP!” Or a “whale tail”. [Exhibit A](http://animals.timduru.org/dirlist/whale/whale-10-TailFinAboveSurface.jpg) and [Exhibit B](http://www.thongpeak.com/preview/public/img_public_06.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/12 "2005-07-18T06:14:38Z")
In a obvious Family Guy ripoff, I’d say “lookit, her \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is/are holed up in box canyon” ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/13 "2005-07-18T06:27:10Z")
Everyone around here (my gf, sister, etc.) calls it a “dog”. I thought it was the universal term for a girl wedgie? ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/14 "2005-07-18T06:34:47Z")
Don’t have a term for it. Why would I? Even if I wanted to call attention to it (again, why?) I could just say “Hey, look at her.” ---
**Author:** ![Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fromage\_A\_Trois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fromage_A_Trois)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/15 "2005-07-18T14:25:58Z")
> [@klintypooh](#): > > Hungry bum? 😃 I’d use “Hungry Arse” myself… but that’s because I’m uncouth 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/16 "2005-07-18T14:31:03Z")
“I’d like to take a bite out of that”? Disclaimer: I’m a girl. And just made that up. Seriously, if you’re going to ask for: > [@](#): > > a secret, men-only, nastier term on a message board, I think we’ll find out what it is. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/17 "2005-07-18T14:34:40Z")
Fffft. Secret men-only term, for something as mundane as a wedgie? Nahhh. The secret terms all involve the important topics of discussion - body parts, sexual acts, bodily functions etc. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/18 "2005-07-18T14:37:34Z")
Yeah, what is it? I’m familiar w/ the camel toe, and I think some comedienne (sp?) once referred to it as a “melvin,” but I’ve never heard of a term for when one’s pants are riding up one’s ass. (To me, a wedgie specifically refers to an act of interpersonal violence.) ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-do-you-call-this/312915/19 "2005-07-18T14:41:03Z")
> [@js\_africanus](#): > > Yeah, what is it? I’m familiar w/ the camel toe, and I think some comedienne (sp?) once referred to it as a “melvin,” but I’ve never heard of a term for when one’s pants are riding up one’s ass. (To me, a wedgie specifically refers to an act of interpersonal violence.) There’s a subtle distinction. A wedgie is when I give you one. If the garments ride up on their own, you’ve got yourself a wedge.