different between wedgie vs murphy

English

Etymology

From wedge +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?d?.i/
• Rhymes: -?d?i

Noun

wedgie (plural wedgies)

1. (colloquial) A wedge-heeled shoe.
2. (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.
3. (slang) A situation where a person's underpants are stuck uncomfortably between their buttocks.
4. (basketball, slang) a basketball stuck between the rim and the backboard following a field goal, free throw, rebound, or block attempt.
5. (informal, birdwatching) 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

Translations

See also

• melvin

Verb

wedgie (third-person singular simple present wedgies, present participle wedgying, simple past and past participle wedgied)

1. (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.

English

Etymology

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

Noun

murphy (plural murphies)

1. An Irish or white potato.
   • 1857, Thomas Hughes. Tom Brown's School Days, chapter VI

     " […] she bakes such stunning murphies—we'll have a penn'orth each for tea; come along, or they'll all be gone."

   • a. 1848, William Thackeray, "Peg of Limavaddy", in The Irish Sketch Book (1848), page 147

     To the chimney nook, / Having found admittance, / There I watch a pup / Playing with two kittens / (Playing round the fire, / Which of blazing turf is, / Roaring to the pot / Which bubbles with the murphies) […]