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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!
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!