thang

Starting around 1990, roughly concurrent with the release of Spike Lee's seminal motion picture "MALCOLM X" and the dizzying successes of rap music stars, a t-shirt slogan started to appear which said; IT'S A BLACK THANG, Y'ALL, YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.

The word "thang", used in this context, was an Ebonicism used to refer specifically to a cultural meme or norm, which those who belonged to the special group-- in this case, African-Americans, would immediately recognize and understand... whilst those not belonging to this group (whites or non-blacks) would fail to understand, appreciate, or even recognize.

Thus, by extension, a "thang" is a folkway, meme, norm, predilection, code, shibboleth, artifact or behaviour exclusive to, or closely allied with, a particular sub-group of the larger populace.

Upon entering a neighborhood bar traditionally frequented by the African-American community:

White wannabe-rapper: "Yo, what is up widdis? One jar at the end of the bar filled with pickled eggs and another one filled with pickled pig's feet? Yo, dass nasty!""

His Black buddy: "Man, it's a Black thang, you wouldn't understand."

Or, during a moment of treasured understanding:

Straight guy: "Would you mind please telling me what IS it with you gays and Barbra Streisand?
Gay guy: "Oh, I guess it's a Queer thang, you wouldn't understand."

Or, at a typical American High school:

High School Teacher A: "One of my students actually has a tattoo of a tiny black teardrop under his left eye! It's kinda creepy... What is THAT all about??"
High School Teacher B: "Yeah, well that's a Latino gang-banger thang. Supposedly it means they've offed someone."

by david lincoln brooks August 13, 2007

Thangs

Wheels , Rims , or the Combination thereof that support an autimobile , usually over 20 Inches in Diameter .

Yo ! You see Missy had that H2 AND the new Ferrari BOTH sittin' on Thangs ?

by Djimbe March 25, 2003

tagged

the state in which you wake up when the previous night you passed out and your friends who remained conscious creatively decorated your body- more often than not with pens and sharpie permanent markers.

It took Jodie three hours to wash the penis that was drawn on her face when she got tagged last night.

Chase passed out first, so his friends tagged him.

by dfish May 2, 2006

tagged

to pull a woman in an urban social scene

walk up to a hot woman in a social scene and tap her on the shoulder and say hi honey ur tagged!

by d27 September 1, 2006

nasty thang

a nice car, or something good.

Ciera asked paul to take her for a ride in his old skool chevy with tinted rims, 26's and candy paint, and Paul replied gone and hop up in this Nasty Thang.

Nique asked Anthony could she give Kia his bloop number and anthony replied, Gone and send her dat nasty thang!

by MyKia October 19, 2007

sweet thang

It's the dessert item found on a food tray assembled and given to inmates for 1 or 2 of their meals everyday. It is a highly sought after item, guarded carefully, coveted and often traded with another inmate for a jail trick.

Inmate Greer will get on his knees and suck cock for just one sweet thang.

by luckylittleme July 3, 2009

tagged

getting hit (in a video game) by a grenade that sticks to the player (examples would be Halo's plasma grenade and Gears of war's "bolo" grenade), getting "tagged" usually ends in dieing, because most grenades kill in one hit.

used directly in "Gears of war" where you can "tag" your enemy by meleeing with the grenade equipped

in "Halo" tagging can be done with the plasma grenade by throwing the grenade so that it hits the enemy and sticks.

Getting "tagged" is not very fun, because you know you can't do a thing about it.

alternate sayings: "tag" "tagging" "taggers" "tag whore/nade whore"

"crap, I've been tagged!"

"these taggers messed up my kill count."

"you tag whore!"

by Kavukamari May 2, 2007