 a wardrobe malfunction, or accidental nudity, is accidental exposure of intimate parts. it is different from indecent exposure or flashing, as the latter ones imply a deliberate exposure. there has been a long history of such incidents, though the term itself was coined in the mid-2000s and has become one of the most common fashion faux pas.elaine's inadvertently exposed nipple in her photo christmas card forms a plotline in the seinfeld episode "the pick", 1992. ==etymology== the american dialect society defines it as "an unanticipated exposure of bodily parts."word of the year, american dialect society, 2005 global language monitor, which tracks usage of words on the internet and in newspapers worldwide, identified the term as the top hollywood contribution to english (hollywordie) in 2004, surpassing words like girlie men, yo! and frass.top hollywordies of 2007, the global language monitortoby macdonald, "parley hollywood: keira invents new languages," sunday mail the term was also one of the new entrants into the chambers dictionary in 2008, along with words like electrosmog, carbon footprint, credit crunch and social networking."electrosmog enters the dictionary," bbc the dictionary defines it as "the temporary failure of an item of clothing to do its job in covering a part of the body that it would be advisable to keep covered.""dictionary suffers a wardrobe malfunction," the mercury, 2008-08-15 one source defines it as, accidental and indecent exposure of body parts by a fault in someone's clothing (especially that of a performer) or by an error made while changing this costume.wardrobe malfunction, allwords.com the term is credited as having been coined by singers justin timberlake and janet jackson, on february 1, 2004, to explain the super bowl xxxviii halftime show controversy; the controversy is in reference to jackson's right breast having been bared. after the incident, the term "wardrobe malfunction" appeared in numerous stories in major us consumer and business publications, newspapers, and major tv and radio broadcasts.rich eisen, total access, page 36, macmill
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