melvin

plural melvins

1. slangA wedgie performed from in front of the victim.

plural melvins

1. USderogatoryslangA boring or nerdy person; a dweeb.

   Dad! You can't leave me here! These guys are total Melvins!

   1999, "Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub" (South Park TV episode)

1. A surname from Old French.

   Melville always wrote his name Melvinus in Latin, and he is often called Melvin in English. Hence some have concluded that Melvin, and not Melville, was his proper name. But they are merely different modes of pronouncing the same family appellation.

   1824 Thomas M'Crie, The Life of Andrew Melville, W. Blackwood (1824), page 416

2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

   And for some reason, they called me Pete. My mother, who probably dug up the name Melvin from some romantic novel about Englishmen drinking tea, cringed at the "Pete".

   1976, Melvin Belli, My Life on Trial: An Autobiography, Morrow, →ISBN, page 21

   1 more example

   On Monday, the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency placed a similar detainer on Melvin Jovel, 18, who on Sunday was the sixth person to be arrested in the case.

   2007 August 21, Kareem Fahim, “Presidential Candidate Blames Killings on Newark Sanctuary Policy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019

3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama.
   2. A former unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, now incorporated into Clovis.
   3. A village in Ford County, Illinois.
   4. A minor city in Osceola County, Iowa.
   5. An unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky.
   6. A village in Speaker Township, Sanilac County, Michigan.
   7. An unincorporated community in Richland Township, Clinton County, Ohio.
   8. A ghost town in Custer County, South Dakota.
   9. A town in McCulloch County, Texas.