cameltoe

See also: camel toe

English

A camel toe

A camel's toes.

Alternative forms

• camel toe

Etymology

A reference to the visual similarity in appearance to the two toes of a camel's hoof.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cameltoe (plural cameltoes)

1. (slang) The visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.
   • 2003 May 23, Kelefah Sanneh, “Fashion Tip in Rap for Brooklyn Girls”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     A good question, although answering it requires a certain tact. Cameltoe is slang for a fashion faux pas caused by women wearing snug pants; the term suggests a visual analogy. The song is a cautionary tale, intended to help victims – help them, that is, by ridiculing them – into recovery.

   • 2005, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century‎^[2], →ISBN:

     Cameltoe: Terminology used to describe what happens when a chick wears her pants tighter than tight. Her crotch area becomes outlined with the seam riding up the crack, making it resemble the toe of a camel.

   • 2006, 21 April, "Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1", Fashion Incubator^[3]:

     Most of the time, camel toe is rarely the extreme you see on certain websites; it's more subtle than that. Most of the time, camel toe is caused by wearing pants that are too big—in one specific area—making a reciprocal area too small. It's an engineering problem, not a weight problem. In fact, here's a skinny mannequin. If she's got a camel toe, everyone else will too.

Synonyms

• (labia or vulva visible through tight pants): frontal wedgie, moose knuckle, ninja foot.

Translations

clear visible presence of a woman's vulva

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: no equivalent exists, explanatory: 駱駝趾, 骆驼趾 (luòtuo zhǐ)

• Dutch: lipleesbroek f
• Finnish: papu (fi)
• French: cameltoe (fr) m
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• Japanese: メコスジ (mekosuji)
• Korean: 도끼자국 (dokkijaguk)
• Marathi: उंटाचे खूर m (uṇṭāce khūr)
• Russian: верблюжья лапка (verbljužʹja lapka)
• Swedish: kameltå

Verb

1. (slang) To wear a piece of clothing such that the outline of the labia is visible.

Further reading

• cameltoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• metacoel