# Zōri vs. flip-flops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 14, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949 "2019-05-14T15:37:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949/61 "2019-05-16T20:25:08Z")

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I wear sandals around the house but back when I was younger, we called them thongs. I remember Pops mentioning zoris when I was a teen but I can’t remember if the context was that that was what they called them when he was a kid or that some people called them that. He grew up in Detroit.

I’m pretty sure that I became aware of the term “flip-flop” through Jimmy Buffet’s song _Margaritaville,_ so late '70’s or thereabouts.

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**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zori-vs-flip-flops/833949/62 "2019-05-17T20:31:42Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Was the racist name “J-F?”

Yes it was!

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