thongs szn
The glorious warm-weather stretch when flip-flops (called thongs in Australia and parts of NZ) officially replace closed-toe footwear as the default shoe for every occasion, appropriate or not.
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The glorious warm-weather stretch when flip-flops (called thongs in Australia and parts of NZ) officially replace closed-toe footwear as the default shoe for every occasion, appropriate or not. Thongs szn is declared at the first convincing stretch of sun and lasts until someone makes you wear actual shoes again. It's less about fashion and more about a collective seasonal surrender to comfort: grocery runs, beach days, restaurants with a dress code that you interpret generously. Thongs szn has no official end date — only a cold snap.
Twenty-eight degrees in September? Thongs szn is officially open, I will not be taking further questions.
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Describing a person, place, or vibe that screams casual, sun-drenched, zero-formality Australian or beach-town energy — the kind of effortlessly relaxed aesthetic where thongs are the correct footwear for literally everything. Thongs coded venues don't have dress codes; thongs coded people show up to events technically in the right outfit but somehow still in flip-flops. It's a compliment in most contexts — shorthand for unpretentious, beach-adjacent, and constitutionally incapable of taking anything too seriously.
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Australian: flip-flops — the footwear, not the underwear. A source of confusion for Americans every summer. Thongs are worn to servos, beaches, pubs, and weddings (depending on the pub and the wedding). Banned only in the fanciest establishments.
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The time of year — typically fall and winter — when people bulk up, wear cozy oversized fits that hide physique, and feel less pressure to maintain a lean summer body. Also used ironically when someone starts eating more or skipping workouts. 'Szn' is the standard slang abbreviation for season.
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(AU, informal, humorous) Inappropriate or unsafe footwear in an industrial workplace.
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(usually, in the plural, Australia, dated, _, in, _, US) An item of footwear, usually of rubber, secured by two straps which join to pass between the big toe and its neighbour.