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minus-squarearudesalad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoWe call them swimming cossies? I’ve never heard that in my life
minus-squarema11en@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoWe used it during the late 70s and 80s, I don’t recall hearing it recently.
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minus-squarebalderdash@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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
minus-squareaquasteel@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMy mum always said cossie. I don’t think I’ve heard it since I was 10!
minus-squareCordanWraith@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoNever heard the term ‘cossie’ in Australia, ‘togs’ and ‘boardies’ are common here though.
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoEh that doesn’t check out as we say boardies in Aus and I’ve never heard anyone say cosies, togs also sounds pretty dated?
minus-squaresil@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt was definitely togs in Qld when I was growing up. Might be the old potato cake/scallop debate all over again.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAusies and Kiwis love to give everything a nickname that ends in “ie” or “y.”
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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.
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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
My mum always said cossie. I don’t think I’ve heard it since I was 10!
Never heard the term ‘cossie’ in Australia, ‘togs’ and ‘boardies’ are common here though.
You forgot budgie smugglers.
Eh that doesn’t check out as we say boardies in Aus and I’ve never heard anyone say cosies, togs also sounds pretty dated?
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It was definitely togs in Qld when I was growing up. Might be the old potato cake/scallop debate all over again.
Ausies and Kiwis love to give everything a nickname that ends in “ie” or “y.”