Recently , advertisements and news stories show the continuing appeal of atomic power ( fig . 2 ). The “ atomic wedgie ” photo on the left is from a print advertisement for Palladium boots , and the “ atomic underwear ” figure on the right is from a newspaper article about a man accused of giving an atomic wedgie that killed his stepfather . 3 Pinterest and Tumblr , popular creative and visual interest applications , have pages devoted to atomic era décor and humorous pages dedicated solely to images of atomic wedgies . 3
An atomic wedgie is the pulling up of one ’ s underwear from his or her pants and the stretching of the underwear as far as possible up the back , including over the recipient ’ s head .
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