thangとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising) IPA: /ˈθæŋ/
  • • (æ-raising) IPA: /ˈθeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈθɛ̃ŋ/
• 韻: -æŋ
• ハイフネーション: thang

名詞

thang (plural thangs) (slang)

1. 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.

   • 2024 June 10, @timanddeetv, quoting Haliey Welch, Instagram‎:

     [Dee:] What's one move in bed that makes a man go crazy every time?
     [Haliey Welch:] Oh, you gotta give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thang, you get me?

2. the buttocks.

派生語

Further reading

• “thang n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present