Names for casual sandals with flat soles that attach to the feet with a Y-shaped strap:
This question is new; it was not asked in the 1965–70 survey.
| FLIP-FLOPS | 24 |
| THONGS | 10 |
| THONG | 2 |
| FLIPPY-FLOPPIES | 1 |
| “FLIPS, FLIPFLOPS, ZORIS, THONGS” | 1 |
| FLOPPERS | 1 |
| SANDALS | 1 |
| SLOP ALONGS | 1 |
| ZORIS | 1 |
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