# What's a "Two-Way"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186 "2003-01-17T06:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/1 "2003-01-17T06:10:39Z")
In the context of the song “Girl all the bad guys want” by Bowling for Soup. The actual lyric goes: > [@](#): > > Her name is Nona, she’s a rocker with a nose ring, > She wears a two way, but I’m not quite sure what that means. So, some possiblities I’ve heard are: 1. A two-way radio. 2. A two-way bra. 3. A double headed dildoe Does anyone actually know what it means? (The guys in the band, obviously, are of no help.) Thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/2 "2003-01-17T06:17:31Z")
The folk in [this thread at h2g2](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F19585?thread=225403) thought it was a two-way pager. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/3 "2003-01-17T06:26:13Z")
Well, I hadn’t really thought of a two-way pager; however, it doesn’t really seem to fit in with the tone of the song, and why wouldn’t the guy know what one was? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/4 "2003-01-17T07:00:21Z")
I have always heard it was the bra. I guess only the band knows for sure. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/5 "2003-01-17T07:20:34Z")
This exact same thread popped up asking about the exact same lyric a few months ago. It’s a two-way pager. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/6 "2003-01-17T07:44:47Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144124](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144124) There is a link in this thread that explains it. I was happier when I thought it was a bra. ---
**Author:** ![Poisoned\_Thorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@Poisoned\_Thorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poisoned_Thorn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/7 "2013-02-01T18:48:49Z")
Its a double sided thong so its basically up your bum and up your nun at the same time ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/8 "2013-02-01T18:59:58Z")
zombie or no you could then set it to vibrate. ---
**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, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/9 "2013-02-02T00:13:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/10 "2013-02-02T00:39:09Z")
It’s Cincinnati chili and spaghetti. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/11 "2013-02-02T01:54:07Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > It’s Cincinnati chili and spaghetti. So they’re saying she eats like a slob: > [@Bowling for Soup](#): > > She wears a two way, but I’m not quite sure what that means. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-two-way/149186/12 "2013-02-02T02:38:59Z")
Yes, a double sided thong, made with ten year old thread.