thang
English edit
Etymology edit
An altered spelling of thing, representing pronunciation in the southern United States (see thank–think merger); compare everytang.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: thăng; IPA(key): /θæŋ/
- (General American) enPR: thāng; IPA(key): /θeɪŋ/
Audio (AU) (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋ, -eɪŋ
Noun edit
thang (plural thangs)
- (slang) Pronunciation spelling of thing, usually used to denote a known fad or popular activity.
- It's cool, girl, it ain't no thang.
- Do your own thang.
- 1977, “Sweet Thang”, in Freedom Flight, performed by Shuggie Otis:
- Ooh baby, sweet thang
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 180:
- I loved playing ball for Syracuse. Couldn't get enough of doing my thang on that court and showing motherfuckers all my skills.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Jonathon Green (2024) “thang n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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Verb edit
thang
- to go
Hokkien edit
For pronunciation and definitions of thang – see 通 (“can; may”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 通). |
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
(classifier cái, chiếc) thang • (湯, , 梯, 蹚, 簜)
- a ladder
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Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 湯.
Noun edit
thang
- (alternative medicine) a prescribed dose of Chinese or Vietnamese medicine
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Derived terms