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The "wedgie"
Yes, fast slides can give you a wedgie. That's why lifeguards say "cross your legs!" and why there's a net at the end of tunnel slides.Every rider knows to cross their legs and every enclosed slide has a mesh at the exit, but no authoritative engineering source treats it as a design term; treat it as operational advice rather than documented science.
Sources differ: Anecdotal; no primary source.