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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink28•2 years agoWe call them swimming cossies? I’ve never heard that in my life
minus-squarema11enlinkfedilink15•2 years agoWe used it during the late 70s and 80s, I don’t recall hearing it recently.
minus-squarebalderdashOPlinkfedilink2•edit-22 years agoYeah, its seems like etymologically, “bathing costume” got shorted to “bathers” for some people and “cossies” for others. But that’s just what the internet tells me, I’m not British
We call them swimming cossies? I’ve never heard that in my life
We used it during the late 70s and 80s, I don’t recall hearing it recently.
Short for swimming costume.
Yeah, its seems like etymologically, “bathing costume” got shorted to “bathers” for some people and “cossies” for others. But that’s just what the internet tells me, I’m not British