depants
Yank down bottoms
To depants someone is to yank their pants down, usually as a prank or humiliation: He got depantsed in front of the whole gym class.
The word is casual and often appears in stories about adolescent mischief.
Also spelled *de-pants*.
The past tense *depantsed* is more common than the base form.
Underwear yanked upward painfully
- mooningBaring one's buttocks
- gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
- shenanigansMischievous or deceitful behavior
tomfoolery · practical joke · gag · antic · high jinks · horseplay · stunt · locker room
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- hazingAbusive initiation practices
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
dominance · power play · torment · targeting · peer pressure · cruelty · abuse · coercion
Self-conscious unease
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- publicAvailable to all
- exposureState of being unprotected
ridicule · mockery · degradation · indignity · red-faced · laughingstock · spectacle · vulnerable
wedgie
Underwear yanked upward painfully
- mooningBaring one's buttocks
- gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
- mischiefPlayful troublesome behavior
shenanigans · tomfoolery · practical joke · gag · antic · high jinks · horseplay · stunt · locker room · schoolyard
harassment
Aggressive, unwanted targeting
- hazingAbusive initiation practices
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- victimizationBeing made to suffer
aggression · dominance · power play · torment · targeting · peer pressure · cruelty · abuse · coercion · locker room
embarrassment
Self-conscious unease
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- publicAvailable to all
exposure · ridicule · mockery · degradation · indignity · red-faced · laughingstock · spectacle · vulnerable · defenseless