Swink
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verb - Swink is to swim so far that the swimmer feels drunk.
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Origin
Coined by Penelope Nagel in Laguna Beach, California circa 2015 after a hypothermic swimmer at the La Jolla Cove came out of the Pacific Ocean a bit dazed and confused. The term is also a play on Tom Sauer's saying Swim, Swam, Swum.
Swunk
past of swink - Swunk is to have swum so far that the swimmer feels drunk.
Synonym
become hypothermic or hyperthermic
