hjärtsnörp

Swedish

Etymology

hjärta (“heart”) +‎ snörp (“a pursing up (ad-hoc deverbal from snörpa (“purse”))”)

Noun

hjärtsnörp n

1. (colloquial) (figurative) heart issues (from shock or the like), a (figurative) heart attack

   Jag fick hjärtsnörp när jag såg räkningen!

   I almost had a heart attack when I saw the bill! ("almost" to make it more idiomatic)

References

• hjärtsnörp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)