What are your picks of what you reckon are the most humorous Swimming jargon terms, or the most humorous uses of any Swimming jargon terms made by anyone - be it by any swimmer/s, a coach, who ever was commentating a race you saw live or on TV, or someone who wrote about a race you saw ?
Not to be confused with any humorous swimming quotes made by any swimmers, coaches or commentators, which isn't what I'm asking.
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I've seen "intermediate medley" in local newspapers and heard commentators refer to the "IM relay."
During and right after the Masters Worlds In Italy you could Google the computer Italian to English translation of the results. There were some great events like the"200M long bathtub frog" and the "3000M ditch swim".
LOL! 400 Years?! That IS long!
When I was manging my high school swim team, I wasn't familiar with some of the terminology myself. One memorable time was when I tried to figure out what IM (Individual Medley) stood for and once wrote "400 Independent Medley" on the white board with a Dry Erase marker. The team and coach didn't let that one down for weeks.
Originally posted by Allen Stark
Newspaper coverage of a High School meet had one swimmer winning the "grueling 400 year freestyle."
I think I've swum that race a couple of times.... Well, at least it felt like I did....
