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ze | thong |

As nouns the difference between ze and thong

is that ze is zee/zed while thong is pine (tree of the genus pinus ).

ze

English

Etymology 1

Article

(head)
  • .
  • * 1992 , Tristan Jones, Adrift , page 257:
    • Then one French-American sous-chef, still in his white kitchen gear, climbed down from the cockpit, where he had been inspecting the cabin, peering inside, murmuring, "wonderfool–wonderfool, ze workmansheep!"

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (neologism) they (singular).
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1996 , month = June , title = Nearly Roadkill: an Infobahn erotic adventure , first = Caitlin , last = Sullivan , coauthors = , publisher = Serpent's Tail , location = New York , isbn = 978-1852424183 , id = , lccn = 95072971 , ol = 820831M , page = 10 , url = http://books.google.com/books?id=QV5bAAAAMAAJ , passage = But I do know what sex ze' is. It used to influence me. But now I talk to hir like a normal person. I mean, without thinking about what ' ze is.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 1997-12-18 , title = My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely , first = Kate , last = Bornstein , authorlink = Kate Bornstein , publisher = Routledge , location = London, New York , isbn = 978-0415916738 , id = , lccn = 98134184 , ol = 7495768M , page = 130 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=NjH32xMTu7kC&pg=PA130 , passage = A case in point is Tula, a transgendered woman who for years lived well as a model and actress until ze was outed in both national and international media.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2006-03-22 , title = Drag King Dreams , first = Leslie , last = Feinberg , publisher = Carroll & Graf , location = New York , isbn = 978-0786717637 , id = , lccn = 2006297545 , ol = 17890120M , page = 205 , passage = Ze'' takes my right hand in ''hirs and folds it into a fist.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2010-10-12 , title = The Girl Must Die: A Monster Girl Memoir , first = Erika , last = Lopez , others = Hicken, Jeffrey , publisher = Monster Girl Media , location = San Francisco , isbn = 978-0984401406 , lccn = 21010902427 , page = 143 , passage = Ze changed hir name to one of those New Testament names, and re-fashioned hirself into a soft, puffy, half-finished hermaphrodite nicknamed, The Pop n' Fresh Doe.}}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , date = 2011-03-15 , title = Up Against It , first = M. J. , last = Locke , publisher = Tor , location = New York , isbn = 978-0765315151 , id = , lccn = 2010036538 , ol = 24494916M , page = 361 , pageurl = http://books.google.com/books?id=dTtZ4GPU6z0C&pg=PA361 , passage = Hir face was implacable, but ze dashed away in tears.}}
    Synonyms
    * (singular) they * (neologism) e, ey, sie
    Hyponyms
    * he, she
    Usage notes
    * The genderqueer community are the primary proponents of ze''. One refers to a person with ''ze and (hir) typically (a) when their gender is unknown, and one wishes to avoid assuming their gender, or (b) when they are neither male nor female in gender, making (he) and (she) (and also either/or terms like ) inappropriate and potentially hurtful.

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    Anagrams

    * English third person pronouns ----

    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