Swimmers are unique — to say the least.
They create large splashes in and out of the pool, often seeming bizarre and insane to the outsider but completely normal and even conventional to a fellow swimmer.
Full disclosure – I belong to this unusual species.
I get up for 5 a.m. practices and secretly enjoy it.
I relish the smell of chlorine, and I actually think one-pieces are high fashion.
But we can be a cliquish group among our own kind, so to help keep our non-swimming friends in the loop, here are some of the more common sayings that all swimmers recognize…
by Elizabeth Cochran
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