wardrobe malfunction
wardrobe malfunction · wardrobe malfunctions
An accidental counterpart of indecent exposure caused by a fault in someone's clothing…An accidental counterpart of indecent exposure caused by a fault in someone's clothing (especially that of a performer) or by an error made while changing clothes.
» She had a wardrobe malfunction.
Meaning
1 senses(euphemistic)An accidental counterpart of indecent exposure caused by a fault in someone's clothing (especially that of a performer) or by an error made while changing clothes.
Examples
2 sentencesShe had a wardrobe malfunction.
Janet Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
An Americanism, coined by singer Justin Timberlake in 2004 to describe the incident duringAn Americanism, coined by singer Justin Timberlake in 2004 to describe the incident during Super Bowl XXXVIII in which singer Janet Jackson's right breast was bared.
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Forms
plural: wardrobe malfunctions| Singular | wardrobe malfunction |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedwardrobe malfunctioner