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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:48 pm

Remember these...........then

As a little kid of the '60s, I wore these a lot in the summertime. Somewhere in the mid '80s they lost their original name to a clothing item that became very popular. Does anyone know the name they USED to go by ?
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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:49 pm

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Oh, I know the answer :-)
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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 5:53 pm

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Lol, yeah. I'll let the answer simmer a bit though instead of giving it away already to any members of younger generations who might not know it.
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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 6:17 pm

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yes, original name went to an undergarment. Then we called them flip-flops. Will let the original name sit after my hint.

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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:22 pm

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I think I know!
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Post Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:51 pm

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Imagine how different the world would seem if the phrase that migrated had been "flip-flop".......
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Post Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:48 am

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They never changed name here in oz. Makes me laugh every time I hear that Sisquo song.....
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Post Sun Jul 03, 2016 3:44 am

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Ah, that explains that Beach Boys song - All Summer Long. At last!
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GregWhitney wrote:Imagine how different the world would seem if the phrase that migrated had been "flip-flop".......

:smile:
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Post Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:55 pm

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Rumball Solutions wrote:They never changed name here in oz. Makes me laugh every time I hear that Sisquo song.....


And the houso's taunt wouldnt sound right if it had

"I'll flip flop you" sounds a bit wishy washy , lacks the punch
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2016 3:52 am

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C locked wrote:
Rumball Solutions wrote:They never changed name here in oz. Makes me laugh every time I hear that Sisquo song.....


And the houso's taunt wouldnt sound right if it had

"I'll flip flop you" sounds a bit wishy washy , lacks the punch


Still better than the sheep shaggers across the ditch and their "Jandals" :D
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:12 am

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*imagines a beaver in flip-flops*
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Okay......would a forum member who was actually born in the mid '90s please reveal the 'flip-flop' original name.
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:34 pm

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bitbuster wrote:Okay......would a forum member who was actually born in the mid '90s please reveal the 'flip-flop' original name.


Since I was born a few decades before the mid 90's, guess I can't reveal that they were called 'thongs'. Oh, wait... I just did. :mrgreen:

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Post Mon Jul 04, 2016 11:38 pm

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I remember being annoyed when they started co-opting the word. For years initially we still called our flip-flops thongs, and the skimpy underwear we called "butt thongs" to tell them apart. Somewhere along the line the "butt" got dropped.
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