Back ذيل الحوت Arabic Whale Tail German Balenvosto Esperanto Tanga#Cola de ballena Spanish Balea isats Basque دمنهنگی Persian Queue de baleine French Whale tail Frisian Ekor paus ID Whale-tail Italian
Whale tail is the Y-shaped rear portion of a thong or G-string when visible above the waistline of low-rise pants, shorts, or skirts that resembles a whale's tail.[1][2][3] The fashion was popular in the early 2000s and waned within the decade, but has become more fashionable in recent years.
Low-waisted trousers, such as low-rise jeans or hip-huggers, and higher-cut thongs led to greater exposure of the whale tail.[1][4] The trend was also associated with the trend of sporting lower back tattoos.[5]
The word was selected by the American Dialect Society in January 2006 as the "most creative word" of 2005.
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- ^ Garchik, Leah (2004-08-23). "Daily Datebook". San Francisco Chronicle: F8. "A Hollister spy says the thong visible from the back of low-rise jeans is called a "whale tail."
- ^ Hall, Ann C.; Mardia J. Bishop (2007). Pop-porn: Pornography in American Culture. Praeger. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-275-99920-9.