cameltoe

See also: camel toe

English

A camel’s toes.

Alternative forms

camel toe

Etymology

Compound of camel +‎ toe, from 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)

(slang) The visible outline of a woman's labia or vulva, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.
- 2003, Matt Goias (lyrics and music), “Cameltoe”, performed by FannyPack:
  fix yourself girl / you got a cameltoe
- 2003 May 23, Kelefah Sanneh, “Fashion Tip in Rap for Brooklyn Girls”, in New York Times‎:
  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.
- 2006 April 21, Kathleen Fasanella, “Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1”, in Fashion Incubator‎, archived from the original on 2015-10-16:
  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.
- 2007 November 27, Hadley Freeman, “Miaow!”, in The Guardian‎:
  Alicia Keyes generously saves me from having to explain what exactly a camel toe is in anatomical detail, but for those who need a little help, let's just say the words "crotch outline" and let that suffice.
Synonyms: frontal wedgie, moose knuckle, ninja foot
(slang) The pudendal cleft itself

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
German: Taubstummenhose f (for one sees how the lips move but hears naught)
Japanese: メコスジ (mekosuji)
Korean: 도끼자국 (dokkijaguk)
Marathi: उंटाचे खूर m (uṇṭāce khūr)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bollemus m or f
Russian: верблюжья лапка (verbljužʹja lapka)
Swedish: kameltå

Verb

cameltoe (third-person singular simple present cameltoes, present participle cameltoeing, simple past and past participle cameltoed)

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

Anagrams

metacoel