Obviously not if she picked it for her new word.

It's just a different way to say "thing", right? :D

It just means "narrow strip of leather." It doesn't have to mean underwear.

In Australia, thongs are something you wear on your feet - not underwear. I believe you may call them flip flops.

Well a thong is a strip of leather technically speaking, and it's the first definition given in the dictionary. So I don't really see a wrong in her using it.

The Australian definition of thong is what americans call "flip flops" too.

Like zootopia

#13, used to be in Canada, too. I still call them thongs just to annoy people.

24, I don't know about you, but for me, my words are chosen to properly convey my thoughts, not in an attempt to confuse and annoy others, and lead to them misinterpting what I am saying

So you're saying I should change my vocabulary because underwear manufacturers decided to call uncomfortable panties a word that was universally known for decades as footwear? I grew up calling 'flip flops', 'thongs', as that's what my generation learned. I find it hilarious that younger generations get annoyed at my 'historical' term. Should I also change calling the pound symbol on the phone, to calling it a hashtag so younger folk will know what I'm referring to?

Also rugrats

It's also the older crowds version of flip flops ;-) trust me my mother exclaimed that to a frenemy of my sisters when they were out shopping once buying sandals. My sister was mortified.

You're smart

Sandals and thongs are different. Thongs are "flip flops".

Thongs are not sandles, they are totally different shoes. Trust me, I'm Australian.

Ew, don't force sexuality on kids.

Uh... Does someone need to call the cops? Search your computer?

#15 & #44 It was a joke not a dick, don't take it so hard

Heh, das funny.

kids tend to do the opposite of what they're told not to...

Technically it's not an adult word. A thong is a thin leather strap, commonly thought to just be a type of underwear, but that's not the dictionary definition.