similar to a g-string, victorias secret named there g-strings this.

also the fabric portion which covers up the front and rear is shaped as a V, while there are still strings on each side, joining the front to back

when you got that sauce that's lookin extra fire.

v-string: corruption of g-string. Developed by Victoria's Secret(R) to distance their product line from the less respectable g-string.

When Victoria's Secret came out with their version of the G-string they renamed it the V string to lose the "trashy" or other sterotypical names that followed the G string around.

Later to be followed by the introduction of the T string

When a woman wears her g string around the other way

WHat a whipped boyfriend woul buy his girl in an attemp to look not whipped, only solidifying his place as whipped.