A sarcastic term for haughty, puffed-up women (especially women of color) who think that they are really something when, in fact, they are not.

Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers, of YouTube fame, is their 2008 national poster child.

Quintessential traits:

1. Regardless of economic status, Ms Thang possesses an obnoxious personality (she is loud and rude). PRIDE blinds her from seeing how repugnant she is to the rest of society.

2. She often experiences an inner conflict when complying with people in authority (especially men), or obeying laws that she considers "wrong." Complying with societal norms can also rub her the wrong way.

3. Ms Thang demands respect (while simultaneously treating people disrespectfully).

4. She lives life with a chip on her shoulder and, like radical Muslims, makes a freewill choice to be offended about practically everything. (If, however, she did her Ms Thang routine in the Magic Kingdom she would be made to wear a pup tent, and then given a Muslim haircut the following Friday).

5. Those who engage Ms Thang in discussions/debates quickly discover that she gives no deference to logic or the actual facts--she just wants to win. Rather than be pinned down with the truth (and concede a point), she constantly changes the subject, resorts to personal attacks, or proffers conspiracy theories w...

Someone who knows she's cute, cool, smart and sexy, and everyone secretly knows n wants her and accepts it...and may or may hate her for it.