thang

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See also: Thang, tháng, thắng, Thắng, and thẳng

English

Etymology

An altered spelling of thing, representing pronunciation in the southern United States (see thank–think merger); compare everytang.

Pronunciation

Noun

thang (plural thangs)

  1. (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 , 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.

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Further reading

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Verb

thang

  1. to go

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of thang – see 通 (“can; may”).
(This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 通).

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) thang • (湯, 󱥭, 梯, 蹚, 簜)

  1. a ladder
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Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 湯.

Noun

thang

  1. (alternative medicine) a prescribed dose of Chinese or Vietnamese medicine
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