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physics weaponized into joy, flinging you sideways while gravity files a complaint
means A swingride is an amusement-park attraction where riders sit in seats hung by chains from a rotating top, flung outward and upward as the whole structure spins.
from A plain compound of "swing" and "ride." "Swing" traces back to Old English "swingan," to beat, strike, or fling about — a cousin of words across the old Germanic languages all circling the idea of forceful movement through the air. "Ride" comes from Old English "ridan," to travel or be carried. Stitch them together and you get the perfectly literal name for a ride that swings you — the kind of self-explaining word fairgrounds love.
- the angle
- chains tilt outward until you're nearly horizontal
- force at play
- centripetal pull does all the seatbelt's work
- top speed
- some spin riders past 60 miles per hour
- the height
- tall versions lift swingers over 350 feet up
- oldest cousin
- descends from 18th-century pleasure garden carousels
rotor at luna park — spinning ride at coney island amusement park, new york, created 1985
chair-o-planes at blackpool — swinging chair ride at blackpool pleasure beach, england, operating since 1912