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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for August 31, 1999
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bikini [n. bih-KEE-nee]
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A bikini is a very brief two-piece bathing suit worn by a woman, or
it is a similar one-piece suit worn by a man. There is also the
Bikini Atoll, a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean.
When French fashion designer Louis Reard introduced his very
revealing two-piece women's bathing suits in 1946, he looked for a
good name for them. Since the U.S. had just started atomic bomb
tests at Bikini Atoll, the name was in the news and he adopted it for
his new suits.
Although Reard later claimed that he named the suit after the
islands, not the atomic bomb tests, clearly the tests contributed to
the name's popularity. Another designer named Jacques Heim had also
created a tiny bathing suit, which he named "The Atome" (The Atom).
Today's Cool Fact is about one of the bomb tests at Bikini Atoll:
http://www.cool-fact.com/archive/1999/08/31.html
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