melvin
n. countable C2 Proficiency US //ˈmɛɫvɪn// melvin
n. a mean trick where someone pulls your underwear up high from behind. It is a childish and painful prank often shown in movies about school life.
n. a prank involving the forceful upward pulling of a person's underpants from the front, causing physical discomfort. Often contrasted with the 'wedgie', which is performed from the rear.
The school bully gave the poor kid a melvin.
In many 1980s teen comedies, the protagonist often suffers a melvin at the hands of the popular athletes.
While the wedgie remains the more culturally ubiquitous prank, the melvin is regarded as significantly more painful due to the sensitive nature of the anatomy affected by the forward pull.