camel toe

noun

1. slang.
   the visual effect created when a woman's trousers cling too tightly to the crotch, emphasizing the shape of the pudenda

Word History and Origins

Origin of camel toe¹

C20: from the alleged similarity between this effect and the shape of a camel's toes

Example Sentences

“There’s nothing worse than a woman with a camel toe at a cocktail party because then your eyes look at that and you don’t want to talk to her. You throw your hair back and you keep walking.”

From New York Times

God speed you, Lizzo, majestic in a purple sequined bodysuit which fought to conceal her camel toe.

From The Guardian

A meal of fermented egg and a camel toe forced comic Starr to leave after he suffered an allergic reaction and had to be taken to hospital.

From The Guardian

In “The Immeasurable World,” his perceptive and witty account of his desert travels, Atkins gives the reader an entertaining tour of the tent city’s zones and attractions, including the Barbie Deathcamp, the Camel Toe Fashion Show and the Hug Bank, which “offered a ‘menu’ ranging from ‘businesslike’ to ‘awkward.’

From Washington Post

She learnt a lot of Portuguese in her training, including "adhesive bras", "blister tape" and even "camel toe".

From BBC