Speedo

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From the name of the swimsuit company, Speedo, which first designed and manufactured swimwear in Australia that was briefer and sleeker than most other swimwear then available.

Speedo (plural Speedos)

1. A tight-fitting swimsuit, especially commonly worn by competitive swimmers and divers. Usually implies a brief or bikini style swimsuit.

   You can tell the serious swimmers: they're the guys wearing the Speedos.

   • 2011, Gary Ghislain, How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend‎, page 44:

     She's wearing Mom's teeny-weenie black Speedo bikini, the one Mom wears to show how fit and trim she is.

   • 1999, Cheryl Rilly, Great Moments In Sex-p.227

     These muscle-bound hard bodies are wearing Speedo Lyrca bikinis which stick to a man's body like a woman's wet T-shirt.

   • 2014, Norah McClintock, #3 Dead And Gone-p.12

     There were dozens of girls in there - girls on the deck in bathing suits, most of them Speedos because they were racing.

   • 2016, John Early, Tales of a Modern Nomad: Monks Mushrooms and Other Misadventures-p.59

     Ryan and I remain unmoved, standing at the edge of the water as five Speedo-clad lifeguards rush up to us.

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