Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:48:34 -0500
From: Jesse T Sheidlower jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM
Subject: Re: thong

Has anyone else heard "butt floss" for the thong bathing suit? Heard from
a mid-30s secretary in Marietta on the Ohio R.

I first heard _butt floss_ in 1994 from a Miami-based political
science professor. I think we've accumulated three or four more
examples since then, most recently from the 1997 book _Buzzwords,_
about L.A.-speak.

Jesse Sheidlower
jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com