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Kind of related but here's a video from Technology Connections if you want to learn more about swamp coolers and why they only work in specific conditions
Seriously tho… swamp coolers in the desert?
They're also called evaporator coolers. I am not sure if the word swamp refers to it performing a function that might be found around a swamp or how they operate.
Maybe the pool of water at the bottom is referred to as a swamp.
I linked the video but it's been a while since I watched it. I am not sure if he explains the nomenclature.
It's because they smell like a swamp if you forget to clean them often enough. /S
Why the \s? What makes you so sure that isn't the real reason?
If that isn't the reason, then my guess would be that they're called that because they increase the humidity of the room, making it feel like a swamp.
You need to put algaecide in the water supply, else eventually algae will grow in it.
Think of what you do with a swimming pool -- algae doesn't grow in that, even though it's water in the direct sun -- but a lot weaker.