CAMELTOE

'Cameltoe' is a slang term that refers to the outline of a woman's vulva when seen through tight, form-fitting clothes. Usually, a cameltoe is visible from the front. Pornographic web sites exist that are solely dedicated to publishing photographs of cameltoes. The male version of this is referred to as a "moose knuckle." Larger women who wear tight fitting clothing are said to have a mooseknuckle and not a cameltoe.

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Cameltoe vs. bulge

Common circumstances

Cameltoe in popular culture

References

Cameltoe vs. bulge

The word cameltoe generally refers to a visible cleft between the labia, as between a real camel's toes. The size of a cameltoe is largely dependent on the size of the labia majora, not the labia minora, although the latter can contribute.
Uncleft "bulges" are more often visible. The degree to which a woman's mons pubis or 'Mound of Venus' protrudes depends on a number of factors, including weight and anatomical variation.^[1]

Common circumstances

The causes of cameltoe are not always obvious, especially to younger people.^[2][3] Cameltoe is commonly understood to occur as a result of wearing clothing under the following conditions:

★ Exercise shorts, stretch pants and leggings— including spandex

★ Very tight-fitting jeans, shorts, hotpants, underwear, or swimwear

★ Vigorous or repetitive exercise, including running, especially in tight clothing

★ Wearing only one, very tight layer of clothing.

★ Wet clothing

★ Wearing pants too high
However, some fashion analysts have identified the clothing design as the cause, rather than its size. Cameltoe may thus be exacerbated by:

★ Jean^[4] design

★ Garments with a central seam which serves to divide the labia majora^[5]

Cameltoe in popular culture

The word "Cameltoe" has been popularized in America through its use in entertainment media.

★ The cameltoe is a key plot element in the movie ''The Weather Man''.

★ In a scene of the Broadway musical ''Spamalot'' signs composed of individual letters held by the knights intended to spell "C-A-M-E-L-O-T" are misarranged temporarily to spell "C-A-M-L-T-O-E."

★ American dancepop group FannyPack's first major single was entitled "Cameltoe".

★ "Camel Toe" is one of the most popular songs performed by the Bob & Tom Orchestra, sung to the tune of The Beach Boys' "Kokomo". It was notably removed from air play under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission following the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy.

★ There is a recurring character on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show called Cameltoe Annie, a middle-aged woman with a highly conspicuous cameltoe.

★ In the video game '', there is a casino in Las Venturas, San Andreas named "The Camel's Toe".

★ In ''Scary Movie 2'' the main character, Cindy Campbell displays her spoofed "knowledge" of Kung Fu, one of which was the cameltoe where she pulls the top front of her pants up to reveal her cameltoe.

★ In ''Serial Mom'' the band ''L7'' plays a fictitious band called "The Camel Lips" in a club scene where the stage-front members sport distinct cameltoes.

★ In the 2006 teen horror film ''Final Destination 3'', the character Wendy refers to an up-skirt shot taken on her camera as a photo of a "camel toe".

★ Ali G mentions Victoria Beckham's in the Comic Relief interview.

★ The stop motion animated television series Robot Chicken featured two camels in a Strip club one of which exclaims, "That looks like my toe!"

★ In the Dirt episode "The Sexxx Issue", the staff running the fictional magazine "DirtNow!" mention 'celebrity cameltoe' as an idea for the latest issue. 'Moose knuckle' is mentioned in the same setting with the explanation of it being the male equivalent of cameltoe.

★ When Molly Shannon hosted the 5/12/07 episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' she played Sally O'Malley, one of her regular skit characters when she was cast member of SNL, in a sketch that involved Sally applying for a job at the Bada Bing (from HBO's ''The Sopranos''). During the scene Sally hiked up her stretchy pants and referred directly to her cameltoe.

★ In the episode of ''Strangers With Candy'' entitled "Let Freedom Ring," 46 year-old high school student Jerri Blank compliments a student named Susie by telling her she's got a nice cameltoe.

References

1. The Naked Ape, , Desmond, Morris, Dell, , ISBN 0-385-33430-3
2. Cameltoe Alert! Salon.com, May 23, 2003.
3. Sanneh, Kelefah. "Fashion Tip in Rap for Brooklyn Girls". ''New York Times'', May 23, 2003.
4. Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 1. Fashion Incubator, April 21, 2006.
5. Anatomy of a Cameltoe, part 2. Fashion Incubator, April 21, 2006.