English

A camel toe

A camel's toes.

Alternative forms

• camel toe

Noun

cameltoe ‎(plural cameltoes)

1. (slang) The visible outline of a woman's labia or ****, as a consequence of wearing tight pants.
   • 2016 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.

   • 2005, David Mansour, From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century, ISBN 0740751182:

     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:

     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.

   • 2016 November 27, Hadley Freeman, “Today's pop princesses do love their catsuits”, in The Guardian^Miaow!:

     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

• (labia or **** visible through tight pants): frontal wedgie, moose knuckle

Translations

Verb

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

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