Entry · catalog no. 1001
thang
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noun · South / national ·
✓ Verified
1.
A thing, but with more weight — one's own business, style, or specialty, carrying a sense of ownership that "thing" cannot hold.
“Don't worry about how I get it done — that's my thang.”
Origin & Attribution
The Southern Black vowel in "thing," carried in speech and song for well over half a century. The Isley Brothers built a chart-topping R&B hit on it in 1969, and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg fixed the spelling in the national record in 1992.
Region of origin
West
Midwest
N.East
South
Nationwide / diaspora
South / national ·
Spoken by
$THANGThe Record · cultural traction
▲ 26 yrs
ahead of the mainstream
60/100
peak cultural energy
Introduced to English by the culture — logged here before the mainstream caught on.
Cultural usage — the recordMainstream search interest
Cultural energy indexed from documented usage, search interest, and citation frequency. The recorded date is the archive’s permanent point of record.
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Citations & Sources
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It's Your Thing, The Isley Brothers — single · 1969
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+ Cite a sourceNuthin' but a "G" Thang, Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg — single · 1992
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