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Thong vs Whang - What's the difference?

thong | whang |

As nouns the difference between thong and whang

is that thong is a strip of leather while whang is a leather thong.

As a verb whang is

to make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air.

thong

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A strip of leather.
  • (usually, in the plural, Australia, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.
  • * 1964 , The Beach Boys, All Summer Long
    • T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs (T-shirts, cut-offs, and a pair of thongs).
  • * 2006 , Peter Murray, David Poole, Grant Jones, Contemporary Issues in Management and Organisational Behaviour , Thomson, page 108,
    • Players turned up for questioning wearing thongs , shorts and T-shirts.
  • * 2008 , Steve Parish, Eccentric Australia , page 104,
    • Thongs are the favoured footwear for many Aussies, especially near the beaches, but most people in the Outback find that they can?t put a foot wrong with a tough, nicely worn-in pair or workboots.
  • * 2009 , Charles Rawlings-Way, Sydney , Lonely Planet, page 126,
    • You shouldn?t face condescension if you rock into a boutique in your thongs and a singlet, but neither will you be treated like a princess just because you?ve splashed $5000 on daddy?s credit card.
  • (UK, US, New Zealand) An undergarment or swimwear consisting of very narrow strips designed to cover just the genitals and nothing more.
    • No! I won't buy you a thong . You're too young for that.

    Synonyms

    * (an item of footwear) flip-flop, jandal (New Zealand) * (a undergarment or swimwear) G-string, butt floss

    See also

    * sandal

    whang

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (chiefly, of an object) To make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air.
  • *
  • (informal) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
  • * 1993 , (illustrator), The Fields of Home , page 31:
    • I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.
  • (US, slang) To whack or beat.
    • I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

    Etymology 2

    Debuccalized (.

    Alternative forms

    *wang

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
  • (slang) A penis.