Used to describe a very painful, (and sometimes embarrassing), situation that one cannot get out of immediately.

This could imply financial, social (where one gets mocked and doesn't have a come back) , physical (getting one's foot caught under a boulder); this could be used in all aspects of life.
Example one:

"Hey, did you want to come along on that three week expedition with us?"

"No, sorry dude, I'm tapped out. Fiscally, I'm hanging by a wedgie".

Example two:

"Dude, I just got pwned by Mike. There's no way I could top that comeback. He's got me hanging by a wedgie.
by boggler December 8, 2009
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When someone is hanged from their underwear.

I am a girl and was a huge victim to wedgies.

And this is a true story.

I was in school one day wearing My Little Pony panties. And someone saw my panties sticking out from my shorts. Her and her friend stripped me while one covered my mouth with tape. They tied up my hands and then they hooked my panties onto the flagpole. Everyone was laughing and taking pictures of me in my bra and panties. I was embarrassed and then I ended up peeing myself. At the end of the day I thought they would let me down but they left me in my hanging wedgie and my panties were stretched and soaked. I stayed up there for an entire day until my parents found me.
by WedgiedGirl November 6, 2018
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a hanging wedgie is when someone or a group of people grab your underwear and hang the back of your underwear onto something high, such as a coat hanger, pole, or a shower head. you are left suspended in the air for a long time and its almost impossible to get out of unless your underwear rips or someone gets you off.
one time my friends gave me a hanging wedgie. we were at a friends house and we were playing truth or dare and i got dared to get a hanging wedgie. they put 2 more pairs of underwear on me and took me into the excersize room. inside there was a excersize bike. the bike looked just like a normal bike except the part you put your hand on curve upwards and it went really high up. they got a chair and hooked my underwear onto the pole. after that they pushed the chair away and i fell. it hurt so bad. the pole was about 6 and a half feet and I'm only 6 feet so i was suspended in the air. in addition i was wearing boxer briefs and they only stretch like a inch so that didn't help. they decided to do more by taking my shirt off and tying my hands and taking my pants off. i was stuck there for about 20 minutes and my balls started to ache. they were taking pictures and videos and it was so embarrassing. after another 20 minutes i was still hanging for 40 minutes no sign of ripping. they were just watching tv in the excersize room and my underwear was far up my crack. since i was leaning forward too my balls kept getting crushed. finally they let me down and everyone else did it too because they felt bad.
by DoilyFam July 19, 2017
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Hanging wedgie (n.) - When a person or a group of people grab your tighty whities and hang them you on a coat deg, doorknob, etc. You are left hanging there for a long period of time.
When I was in the 9th grade and changing after PE in the locker rooms, some seniors grabbed me by my tighty whities and left me hanging in the locker room. Everyone was laughing. I was so embarrassed, I peed my pants and everyone even more.
by Henry Sandoval August 3, 2005
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A wedgie where the victim is suspended by their underwear, which usually causes the undies to rip very quickly. Sometimes, however, the underwear are strong enough to keep the victim suspended, causing intense pain in the crotch and butt.
I was walking back to my dorm after my last class of the day when a guy jumped me. He dragged me to a park, when I recognized him as a guy who used to bully me in high school. He reached into the back of my pants and gave me a wedgie. “Tighty-whities? I shouldn’t be surprised,” he said, continuing to yank my undies up my butt. He pulled my pants down, exposing my butt cheeks. I was in shock, so all I could to was squirm and whimper as he kept pulling. Eventually, he got bored and left me in a painful hanging wedgie on the playground equipment. My briefs didn’t rip for hours, so I was stuck up there, crying from the pain. That was the first of many hanging wedgies I would receive.
by broncos502 June 8, 2023
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When you are jumped by friends or people older than you grab your tighty-whities without notice and put your waist band on a high object like a shower head in the locker room, door nobs, bed posts, coat hangers, ext.
I was jumped in the locker room while wearing tighty-whities in 7th grade and tied up and given a hanging wedgie on a non-working shower head after school. I was left there for an hour before the P.E. teacher finally came in. It sucked.
by aalliliiv October 21, 2005
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A hanging wedgie, is a wedgie, where your under wear is up your asscrack and pulled up, it is sore as hell. A hanging wedgie is where your breifs are hung on a lampost, hook, flagpole etc.
True story
I'm a nerd, I'll admit it. I wear tighty whities, A STRONG BLADDER (so I pee when I get scared) have loads of freckles and like science.. last year in high school I was talking to my best freind, who is a nerd too. Then 4 girls tackled us and dragged us to an abandoned room and stripped us to nothing but our breifs. Then 2 girls took my freind somwhere else and I remained in the room where they did casual wedgies, melvins, and texas wedgies. There is a coat hook in there. They hooked me on it and left me there. Then later came back with 7 BIG glasses of water. They said if they didn't drink it they would make the wedgies 10 times worse. And so I did. I needed to piss so bad. I lost it and wet my self silly in the breifs. The girls laughed at me and unhooked me. They then spanked me for 5 minutes and said 'It's flagpole time, nerd', I Was raised on the flagpole then, peeing and pooping, dangling around naked. 2 days later my teacher i have a crush on saw me. My balls and ass hurt bad. Hanging wedgie.
by ElroyThePALADIN November 28, 2013
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