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[–] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We call them swimming cossies? I've never heard that in my life

[–] ma11en@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

We used it during the late 70s and 80s, I don't recall hearing it recently.

[–] Cheez@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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