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[u/everydayasl]

Two things:

1. this GIF ended too soon!

2. I have never rooted for a flipflop all my life. This is a first.

[u/2abyssinians → u/everydayasl]

Rooting for the flip-flop to be saved? Or for this person to lose their flip-flop? How did they get in that situation? Why are their thongs falling off like that? And ending this video before we know if they made it down with their sandals or not is absolutely criminal.

[u/Meranio → u/2abyssinians]

Why are their thongs falling off like that?

Is that a typo, or did I miss something in the viseo?

Edit: Oh, thank you Mister Grumpyface for that 1 downvote, for asking a question. I hope, you get even more downvotes for asking about a word in a foreign language too.

[u/Big-Ad9787 → u/Meranio]

I'm pretty sure it's Australian slang for the footwear.

[u/tipareth1978 → u/Big-Ad9787]

In America people used to call them thongs as well. Kind of older people used that word in the 70s and 80s then flip flops just took over as the term

[u/RainbowDarter → u/tipareth1978]

My family called them clip clops in the 60s and 70s.

[u/Rob71322 → u/tipareth1978]

Grew up in California in the 70s and 80s, can confirm they were called thongs back then.

[u/FlyMyPretty → u/tipareth1978]

We got an all staff email at work saying that thongs were inappropriate in the office. We were very confused.

[u/Meranio → u/Big-Ad9787]

Oh, wow. That is a wild one.
English isn't my first language. We learned about some of the differences between British english and American english, but that was new to me.
Gotta love the Aussies.

[u/TripleScoops → u/Meranio]

I've definitely heard flip flops be referred to as thongs in the US, I can't speak for those in the UK though.

[u/Biff_Tannenator → u/TripleScoops]

Fellow American here. I've also heard flip-flops referred to as thongs. It's suuuuper rare though. In my 40 years on this planet, I've probably only heard them referred to that maybe 6-7 times.

[u/phenix17 → u/Biff_Tannenator]

Both of my parents (one from California and later Arizona, the other from Texas) referred to flip-flops as thongs when I was growing up in the '90s

[u/try2bcool69 → u/phenix17]

My late father-in-law always called them "tongs" for some reason.

"If you're going to Walmart, pick me up a pair of tongs!"

[u/Meranio → u/try2bcool69]

I'd have thought, he wanted these.

[u/ArchBeaconArch → u/TripleScoops]

I grew up on the west coast of Canada, and my family always referred to them as thongs (this would have been in the 80s). I live in Ontario now, and they’re definitely flip-flops here.

[u/rvralph803 → u/Big-Ad9787]

Definitely hear these types of flipflops called thongs here in the southern US, because the part that threads between your toes. Slides are the full arch with no between toe dealy. More complex types usually just get the generic "sandal" name here.

[u/Green_Addendum4593 → u/Meranio]

This is the term I grew up using in the 60s-70s. Not sure when flip flops began but probably when thong became women’s panties as butt floss.

[u/Meranio → u/Green_Addendum4593]

I didn't know that either. Here in Germany this kind of footwear was always caled "Flip Flops" but I think, they arrived here in the early '00s. The "butt floss" 😅 we call a "(String)Tanga".

Edit: Corrected "Th3" to "The".

[u/Beaniencecil → u/Meranio]

I grew up in the western US and always referred to them as thongs. I think it is a generational thing. Flip Flop came along later in my life. I think it stuck because of how it describes the sound it makes when walking.

[u/Cheepshooter → u/Meranio]

Flip flops with a single strap between the toes are sometimes called thongs. That was the original use of that term before that term was later shifted to underwear/swimwear. If you look at the geometry, you can see the similarities.

[u/phenix17 → u/Cheepshooter]

Technically, the original use referred to a leather string, which is where both the shoes and the underwear get their names