The Mozzling Thread

[Donnageddon]

Originally Posted by slayda

I always loved my (in my youth) unknowingly mispronounced "volumptuous". It somehow seemed more descriptive.

And finally, before I belay my head to slumberville.

I proclaim slayda to have the most symbolistical dollarthongish avatar.

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by Donnageddon

montsnmags, I must say, that "thong" has a unique connotation in the States that represents a thin garment that separates the merely glandicious from the obviously (and criminally penalizable) pornographical.

But, oddly enough, the term "flipflop" separates the electable from the positively pornographical criminalitatious.

That is why we have elections!

To separate the flipflops from the dollarthongs!

The US may have an imperfect election system, but we always find a way to mozzle through it!

Thongs used to mean flipflops, at least in the upper Midwest. Now, not so much.

[pshrynk]

Puckee -- an all around useful ford for interrelated stuff.

"When did all that puckee about thongs and flipflops become such a volumptuous topic?"

[NatCh]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Thongs used to mean flipflops, at least in the upper Midwest. Now, not so much.

It did in the South too. I'm not sure when it, ehm, flipped meanings, but I rather suspect it roughly coincided with the advent of the other kind of thong.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Wait, so it means a picture of someone in a bath? Because I've got a picture of me in the bath that I can submit as a further example if you want?

Cheers,
Marc (though I'm covering a couple of glands in the photo)

Well, *some* of us would consider that quite volumptuous! With or without either kind of thong. Let's not turn down Marc's offer too hastily, now! Eye candy is always scrumptious.

[zelda_pinwheel]

heh... a friend of mine had a "thong party" once ; you had to wear thongs (on your feet ; the "other kind" of thong is called a "string" in french). i mentioned this to an anglophone friend and she nearly fell out of her chair : "what ?? is he planning to check ???" after a moment of confusion we straightened things out. then she burst out laughing : "i just got a mental image of someone wearing a thong [shoe] inappropriately."

ever since then i can't hear the word "thong" with a straight face.

[Taylor514ce]

I like to grill, and one of the grilling implements I use is a pair of tongs. My son always calls them "thongs" - I think on purpose.

I suffer from mild/moderate aphasia (the inability to vocalize a word, in my case, even though I can think the word). I once famously (in my circle of friends) asked someone to hand me "the, the, the... you know, those... the Meat Tweezers".

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

I like to grill, and one of the grilling implements I use is a pair of tongs. My son always calls them "thongs" - I think on purpose.

I suffer from mild/moderate aphasia (the inability to vocalize a word, in my case, even though I can think the word). I once famously (in my circle of friends) asked someone to hand me "the, the, the... you know, those... the Meat Tweezers".

oh no... more strange mental juxtapositions...

[slayda]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

heh... a friend of mine had a "thong party" once ; you had to wear thongs (on your feet ; the "other kind" of thong is called a "string" in french). i mentioned this to an anglophone friend and she nearly fell out of her chair : "what ?? is he planning to check ???" after a moment of confusion we straightened things out. then she burst out laughing : "i just got a mental image of someone wearing a thong [shoe] inappropriately."

ever since then i can't hear the word "thong" with a straight face.

Once upon a time, long, long ago, they were also called strings in English (at least in the US), usually with a "G-" in front of it.

[Taylor514ce]

Or when worn by men, "banana hammock".

[zelda_pinwheel]

there is no possible justification for men wearing strings. ever. under no circumstances. i hope y'all are listening, collectively.

[Taylor514ce]

Now you tell me, after I've already packed.

[zelda_pinwheel]

it really seems like something which would be self-evident, i would have thought...

[vivaldirules]

Anyone up for a string party? The theoretical physicists among you are, of course, all welcome but please leave your physics at home.

[zelda_pinwheel]

but those are my favorite kind of strings !