In between brief and square-cut

[Byron]

A nice bit of promotion for the business no doubt but yet another example of
how ill-informed journalists confuse the descriptions even more.
This one talks of bikinis in the USA and his "racer style at Speedo" all in one line - so have bikinis become speedos or were speedos really bikinis in the USA all along?

These guys never seem to read up on their subject (just fill some empty space in a newspaper) and there is some drivel here about a sunga being the bikini equivalent of a tent dress (a failed attempt at clever writing no doubt).

Let's ignore this nonsense and just enjoy a pic of Brazilians on the beach in their Sungas:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JzOQJjUPxG...icture%2B5.png

[Byron]

Sunga guys:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JzOQJjUPxG...icture%2B5.png

[Byron]

Dictionary surprise - one painful definition
I did not expect:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sunga

[Byron]

http://wordnik.com/words/sunga
This one you can't trust as what it is describing in not Sunga but Tanga

Tanga is here (small bikini or thong):
http://thefreedictionary.com/tanga

[JamesSwim]

I don't see regular places sell Sungas, but training suits, or baggies, such as Dolfin Uglies seem to similar by chance. Brazilian sungas seem to be cut looser than snug fitting suits. But perhaps sungas are still a bit shorter on the side. Opinions?

http://www.dolfinswimwear.com/swimsu...p?CategoryID=5

Other than eBay, I only found a site called http://www.beachbrasil.com/ that sells a wide range on the web.

[Byron]

LOL - we sure seem to have a can of worms here arising from your simple question.
I learn from the Dolfin website you give that Uglies produce something called Baggies. That's a new word for me and they certainly look like Sungas but are not considered by Dolfin to be a regular swimsuit as they are listed for training purposes (and Baggies would therefore seem to be what competitive swimmers usually call dragsuits).

A Sunga would indeed not be called a racing suit as it is often made up of double layered fabric and with a much looser fit . Here is a small but interesting blog on Brazilian vocabulary,
with a pic of three guys in their Sungas on the beach:

http://travels.sarahandgabe.com/sung...ach-vocabulary

This teaches me a new word also (canga) and explains why one does not see the towels on Rio beaches as regularly to be found elsewhere. Tanga now also seems to apply only to the girls and, although long ago dropped by the boys, they were very much the beach bikini fashion for Brazilian males in the Sixties and Seventies (which brings us back full circle to the separate discussion on guys wearing girls' bikini bottoms).

Getting back to Sungas, Rufskin seem to be the only maker I can find so far and there is a UK supplier with a small range - and just to confuse matters even more they describe their Rufskins as sunga-cut TRUNKS !

http://www.banglads.com

[NJHunkguy]

While the trend is moving toward square cut, I like it. But for my own feeling, wearing square cut, seems to have the tendency to have my "wiener" slip out through the holes in between the legs. So, I always wear an extra swimsuit underneath...

[JamesSwim]

I bought a Brazilian made sunga. The sides are about 6" high, and the cut is similar to Speedo-brand's striped nylon square leg. It's Nylon/Lycra and it's very comfortable. There isn't a leg, so there's no inseam like the Speedo Endurance square leg, and there's an extra panel at the bottom rather than a single seam. The leg bindings are snug, and it's lined front and back. I think many Brazilian beachgoers wear it all around, rather than just swimming, and it is different from what you typically see in the United States.

Originally Posted by Byron

LOL - we sure seem to have a can of worms here arising from your simple question.
I learn from the Dolfin website you give that Uglies produce something called Baggies. That's a new word for me and they certainly look like Sungas but are not considered by Dolfin to be a regular swimsuit as they are listed for training purposes (and Baggies would therefore seem to be what competitive swimmers usually call dragsuits).

A Sunga would indeed not be called a racing suit as it is often made up of double layered fabric and with a much looser fit . Here is a small but interesting blog on Brazilian vocabulary,
with a pic of three guys in their Sungas on the beach:

http://travels.sarahandgabe.com/sung...ach-vocabulary

This teaches me a new word also (canga) and explains why one does not see the towels on Rio beaches as regularly to be found elsewhere. Tanga now also seems to apply only to the girls and, although long ago dropped by the boys, they were very much the beach bikini fashion for Brazilian males in the Sixties and Seventies (which brings us back full circle to the separate discussion on guys wearing girls' bikini bottoms).

Getting back to Sungas, Rufskin seem to be the only maker I can find so far and there is a UK supplier with a small range - and just to confuse matters even more they describe their Rufskins as sunga-cut TRUNKS !

http://www.banglads.com

[Torchwatch]

It seems to me that the difference between a square cut swim suit (what Byron would call swimming trunks) and sungas is that the square cut has legs (if only 1" long) while sungas are a very long sided smooth front bikini (or speedo).

The square cut will always look like mini shorts because of it's legs, while the crotch of sungas is slightly lower than the lowest point of the sides.

The square cut will tend to be made from 4 pieces of fabric (left/right front and left/right back) to make the design work, while sangas tend to be made from 2 (front and back) I do not include decoration or decorative side panels in the count.

A sanga made from non stretch fabrics will have skin tight elastic but need to be slightly baggy to fit everything in. You may enjoy this look if you are shy of a fully skin tight look or the almost naked appearance of sides that are 2" or less.

[Byron]

LOL - I never cease to be amazed at the language used when something as simple as a male swimsuit is promoted so that it constitutes a piece of living art
constantly changing appearance through twenty four hours!

As for descriptions of square-cuts, speaking for myself and the peers of my youth the simple two words of swimming trunks to cover everything (pun intended) as worn by boys at beach or pool, would be one word today - sungas (though many of us may perhaps have had difficulty in finding Brasil on a map at the time).