Swim Slang is like the urban dictionary for the swimming community,
It's the terms we use.
please submit:
1) the word or phrase or acronym or term,
2) it's definition, links to videos, &
3) USE it in a sentence
4) offer other forms of the word
ie
SDK is an acronym for Streamline Dolphin Kick,
some call it underwaters or dolphins.
It's where swimmers dolphin kick underwater off of starts & turns.
You tend to see them more in sprints
Michael Ross has an excellent SDK.
SDKed, SDKing, SDKs, SDKer
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This one might cause some discussion...
"Lap" (noun)--while most non-swimmers might think of a lap as a "complete circuit" (which would imply coming back to the starting point (i.e., two lengths of a pool)), many swimmers consider a "lap" to be a single length of the pool. I think this usage of "lap" is clearly swimming slang. "I didn't breath at all on the second lap of my 50 free."
"Lap" (verb)--this means to pass somebody in a race or set by a full circuit (two lengths) of the pool. Note the inconsistency with the slang way many swimmers define "lap" as a noun. "Lap" as a verb may not be swimming slang at all. "Micheal Phelps could lap me in the 100 fly."
I've always considered a lap of anything to be a circuit which returns the racer to the point of origin, whether circumferential or out-and-back. Is this an idiosyncratic use of the term specific only to swimming, or is it a localized misuse of the term which is not indicative of the membership at large?
This one might cause some discussion...
"Lap" (noun)--while most non-swimmers might think of a lap as a "complete circuit" (which would imply coming back to the starting point (i.e., two lengths of a pool)), many swimmers consider a "lap" to be a single length of the pool. I think this usage of "lap" is clearly swimming slang. "I didn't breath at all on the second lap of my 50 free."
"Lap" (verb)--this means to pass somebody in a race or set by a full circuit (two lengths) of the pool. Note the inconsistency with the slang way many swimmers define "lap" as a noun. "Lap" as a verb may not be swimming slang at all. "Micheal Phelps could lap me in the 100 fly."
I've always considered a lap of anything to be a circuit which returns the racer to the point of origin, whether circumferential or out-and-back. Is this an idiosyncratic use of the term specific only to swimming, or is it a localized misuse of the term which is not indicative of the membership at large?
