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

CordanWraith@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 2y

Never heard the term 'cossie' in Australia, 'togs' and 'boardies' are common here though.

SuperApples@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

You forgot budgie smugglers.

Deceptichum@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Eh that doesn’t check out as we say boardies in Aus and I’ve never heard anyone say cosies, togs also sounds pretty dated?

Cheez@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

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kerr@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

It was definitely togs in Qld when I was growing up. Might be the old potato cake/scallop debate all over again.

Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Ausies and Kiwis love to give everything a nickname that ends in “ie” or “y.”

beigeoat@110010.win · 26 pts · 2y (1 reply)

In hindi we call it "old lady hair"

MicrosoftSam@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y

Same in Hebrew

Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y (2 replies)

South African Afrikaans speakers: “ghost breath” which is the best name for it by far.

Rusky_900@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This guy spook asems.

Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Daarsy

CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 2y (4 replies)

German: Zuckerwatte (sugar wadding)

Nepenthe@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y (2 replies)

French: barbe Ă papa (daddy's beard)

kookaburra34@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The one in the middle doesn’t look like a French letter.

MakeItCount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

The correct one is "à"

evening_push579@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 2y

Unsurprisingly it is similar in Swedish: sockervadd

balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Bonus meme 2

Dave@lemmy.nz · 8 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I have never heard "chuddy" before and I've lived in NZ my whole life. Is it a regional or generational thing?

balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It might differ by region. Or, I could be wrong. (I did try to look things up before I posted the memes tho lol)

Dave@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 2y

There are definitely sites claiming it's NZ slang, but I haven't heard it before. I'm not a professional gum chewer though.

bernieecclestoned@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Brits cannot decide

https://www.ourdialects.uk/maps/gum/

EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Is that their pop/soda?

balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

What a cool website. Some interesting info here

itsraining@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

Greek: malli tis grias (old woman's hair)

Seriously.

spudwart@spudwart.com · 4 pts · 2y

Sucrose Wool

neoney@lemmy.neoney.dev · 4 pts · 2y

Polish: Sugar cottonwool

ultra@feddit.ro · 3 pts · 2y

Romanian: sugar cotton / cotton of sugar

looeee@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

This is a rare case where the Aussies are right. It was named fairy floss by its original inventor

tiredofsametab@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

Japanese: 綿飴 wataame - also cotton candy

ultra@feddit.ro · 1 pts · 2y

Romanian: sugar cotton / cotton of sugar

mp3@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

In french it's barbe à papa, which translate to daddy's beard.

superkret@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

In German, it's sugarwadding.

Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Wait to you find out what we call a corn dog

balderdash9@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y

I've been reading up on slang terms in other countries, and my guess is: 4 different things lol

EdherJr@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y

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