i have been reading a lot of the posts herein.... and it has occurred to me... (and this will surely betray my newbie-ness) there are an awful lot of abbreviations and terms used that leave me essentially having no clue what was said.... is there a book out there someplace "swimese for dummies" or the like? i speak several languages, sadly swimese is not yet among them.....
i can swim two miles comfortably, and have energy left over after to go run three miles... but decode the posts on this board?....
any reference/resource suggestions gladly accepted...
thanks.
be,
jim
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Okay, off topic for a second...
Just tried the alt f4 thing that jsmwbnc has in the sig line & kicked myself off the darn site:rofl: .... Maybe I'm silly, but that should come with a warning!
LOL Dana alt f4 shuts any windows program that you are in LOL. That was a good one though ...
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Yes, this seems to be a sub-specialty of SS. :thhbbb: You're just as sweet, Jim-Bo. Plus, you are doing the king of strokes. Has to give you an edge.
What about:
EB: engine building
VS: vessel shaping
NO: night owl
AM: never should have been invented (must refer to what Donna said)
MMA: multi-tasking mommy alzheimers
MG: math geek
MOS: "meaning of swimming" (subject to GA)
UT: FlyQueen adorees
ABC: anything but chardonnay
PP: Cruise's purple prose
BF: bicker-fest (term invented by Cruise)
You are obviously a woman of impeccable taste and superior intellect! A small token of my thanks me lady! :smooch: ......Hey now... can't guys dish out a little sugar too when they feel so moved?!
Newmastersswimmer
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The one that gets me is that so many people use "Lap" and "Length" interchangeably. Isn't a Lap swimming up and back and Length just swimming from one wall to the next?:frustrated:
It matters to me because I swim in two pools one is 50m and the other is 25m.
Thanx,
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FS - Fastskin
FSII - Like Fastskin but with less seams
FS-PRO - Like FSII but with even seams.
P2WR - Power to weight ratio
HUF - Head up freestyle
DABS - Double-armed back stroke
DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
PS - Public swimmers / swim
VBL - Visible Bikini Line
PM - Pant Moustache (see above)
WWJS - What would Jesus swim?
CB - 'Code Brown'
CY - 'Code Yellow'
CR - 'Code Red' (Don't ask)
IDRYWYCO - I didn't recognise you with your clothes on
DPMSIFE - Don't patronise me sir, I'm from England.
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saw a post that said 2 x 600 on 11:00.... dug around and got it translated ( i think ) and dang near died laughing... it takes me 12:00 to go 600..... so does that mean my RI is -1:00....
That's exactly right, Jim. If you are swimming 12:00 on an 11:00 interval, you are in the red for each 600. You'd better stop the set or you'll be so far into interval debt that even your credit cards will look clean. When that happens to me I just move to the next slower lane, unless I'm already against the wall.
-- mel
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EZ is the abbreviation for easy.....thats why its donna's favorite abbreviation....and one of my favorites too....along with WD as YBDR mentioned!
Newmastersswimmer
Exactly, Jim! Now, one of my least favorites is this one: SS which stands for speed sets!!!
Now I haven't heard of CU (cool-up) and I would think that one would be hard to do:rofl:.
This is a great thread!!!
donna
Former Member
ivor, you're killing me!!!!:rofl:
keep 'em coming everybody. i'm getting quite the education here.
be,
jim
Former Member
More:
IMHO: In my humble opinion
IRL: In real life
OW: open water
FAF: FAF Sista (Fortress, Swimr4Life and FlyQueen: "fast, athletic and flirtatious" from the unashamedly inane superhero thread)
J/K: Just kidding
MLL: Monkey La La
GA: Geek attack
CI: Continuous Improvement
MS: Mindful Swimming
NI: Neural Imprinting
I'm sure others can add more.
Donna: SS stands for SwimStud. That was a personal attack.
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We of course forgot:
ASFP: Attention Seeking Forum Posters
LF: Loud Flyers
ES: Elite Swimmers
HOD: Hottie On Deck
OBF: On Block Flex (usally preceded by HOD)
UWE: Unplanned Water Entry (Usually preceded by OBF)
NLR: Next Lane Racer (annoying guy/girl racing you every other 50 after they skip a 50)
GSE: Gut Suck On Exit (Usually occurs at anytime after a HOD)
LHN: Lane Hog Noodler
SDB: Streamlined Dolphin Breath (like an SDK except this one causes you to unwillingly ingest a quart of chlorinated pool water)
IT: Inane Thread (everyone's favourite)
OK I'll be good now. :D
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By the powers vested in me as "you fill in the blank", I hereby officially exonerate you from all responsibility for this relay mishap Donna....As a fellow breaststroke hater, I think I speak for all non-breaststrokers a like when I say this. Clearly the idiot (probably some British breaststroker I'll bet) who put you in the relay swimming breaststroke is the one who deserves all of the blame!
Newmastersswimmer
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
Obviously, there was no blitz in my breastroke, so I figured dolphin kick would get me there and back faster; got caught!! But our fly swimmer had actually asked me to not finish it cause she wasn't going off the blocks anyway!!!
