Mar 22, 2009

sms:a

verb [ sms:ar, sms:ade, sms:at, sms:a! ]
To write and read text messages on your mobile phone becomes att sms:a in Swedish. The colon is there to tell you that the first three letters are an acronym.

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Mar 22, 2009

konsumism

noun [ konsumismen ]
Konsumism is Swedish for consumerism, a western disease where the afflicted equate happiness with the purchase and consumption of material possessions. In both languages, the term is a noncount abstract noun, so you can't pluralize it.

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Mar 21, 2009

skejta

verb [ skejtar, skejtade, skejtat, skejta! ]
Another direct transliteration from the English for to skate, as in to ride a skateboard, this neologism is replacing the more traditional Swedish term for the activity: åka bräda.

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Mar 19, 2009

gränsöverskridande

adjective
Gränsöverskridande means border-crossing or transboundary. The borders or boundaries to be crossed can be between countries, but also between abstract subjects such as academic fields of study.

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