# "She wears a two-way but I'm not quite sure what that means"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 14, 2002, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703 "2002-11-14T10:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/21 "2002-11-21T15:44:08Z")

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I heard her stereo was four-way.

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**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/22 "2002-11-21T15:51:57Z")

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And here I thought they meant a reversible vest. Huh. Just goes to show ya.

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**Author:** ![Shapi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Shapi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shapi)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/23 "2013-02-02T00:14:30Z")

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According to Urban dictionary, a two way is a thong that goes up the front. in other words…a wedgie + a camel toe in one pair of underwear.

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**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/24 "2013-02-02T04:27:43Z")

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> [@Shapi](#):
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> According to Urban dictionary, a two way is a thong that goes up the front. in other words…a wedgie + a camel toe in one pair of underwear.

Did it mean the same thing ten years ago?

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wears-a-two-way-but-im-not-quite-sure-what-that-means/136703/25 "2013-02-02T23:27:53Z")

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> [@Skerri](#):
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> A forty is a bottle of beer that is sold in 40 ounce quantities. Mostly cheap beer, malt liquor. You can get a forty for $1.90 here. (Really cheap, but that stuff eats your stomach.)

Thanks! Just the other day I heard somebody say “There’s no such thing as a 40 ounce.” and I wondered 40 ounces of what?

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