Here are some words that have entirely different meanings in the world of swimming. These are the words that you say, then your friends get really confused.
1. Fly
How the general population perceives it: a totally fun superpower! Or, a irksome bug.
How swimmers perceive it: a horrible, horrible punishment. Pain and suffering.
2. IM
How the general population perceives it: instant messaging, aka texting. A good way to communicate to your friends quickly.
How swimmers perceive it: A form of medieval torture, consisting of all strokes. The 400 is the worst.
3. Freestyle
How the general population perceives it: A type of rap
How swimmers perceive it: the stroke that everybody can do. Just don't call it the front crawl.
4. Elementary backstroke
How the general population perceives it: a recovery stroke
How swimmers perceive it: not a recovery stroke. Not even a real stroke; why is it thought in swimming lessons?
5. Pull
How the general population perceives it: Yanking on something
How swimmers perceive it: a way to get out of kicking
6. Kicking
How the general population perceives it: the act of moving your feet
How swimmers perceive it: a way to get out of pulling and using your upper body
7. Dryland
How the general population perceives it: What is that? Isn't it just, like, land?
How swimmers perceive it: paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain. Not fun.
8. Food
How the general population perceives it: Something you eat
How swimmers perceive it: The best part of life
9. Practice
How the general population perceives it: What you do to get better at something
How swimmers perceive it: Torture. Pain. Suffering. And yet entirely fun!
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