okynnessamtal

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of okynne (“mischief”) +‎ -s- +‎ samtal (“call”).

Noun

okynnessamtal n

1. (telephony) An unnecessary call, a prank call, a nuisance call.

   Coordinate term: busringning (“prank call”)

   • 2023 April 23, Daniel Strömbäck, “Antalet busringningar till SOS ökar: ”Ensamma som mår psykiskt dåligt” [The number of prank calls to SOS is increasing: "Lonely people who feel mentally ill"]”, in SVT Nyheter‎^[1]:

     Här [SOS Alarm] har fler så kallade okynnessamtal registrerats under årets tre första månader, än under hela 2022.

     Here [SOS Alarm], more so-called unnecessary calls have been registered in the first three months of the year, than in the whole of 2022.

   • 2012 November 25, Johan Lindberg, “”Telefontornet brinner!” ["The telephone tower is on fire!"]”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎^[2]:

     Jo, det blev populärt med okynnessamtal [när de automatiska telefonstationerna slog igenom]. Folk ringde för att skoja med andra och trodde att de inte kunde bli ertappade.

     Yes, prank calls became popular [when the automatic telephone exchanges caught on]. People called to prank others, thinking they couldn't get caught.

   • 1903 September 2, “Ingen återgång! Förbättrade rikstelefonapparater. [No going back! Improved national telephone sets.]”, in Stockholms-Tidningen‎^[3], page 2:

     Då var dock öfvergångsafgiften tio öre, hvarför man väl får förmoda, att få verkliga okynnessamtal förekommit, utan att ett verkligt samtrafikbehof förefunnits, som nu blifvit lidande.

     At that time, however, the transfer fee was ten öre, which is why one can assume that few real unnecessary calls occurred, without a real need for interconnection, which has now suffered.

Declension

Declension of okynnessamtal

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	okynnessamtal	okynnessamtals
	definite	okynnessamtalet	okynnessamtalets
plural	indefinite	okynnessamtal	okynnessamtals
	definite	okynnessamtalen	okynnessamtalens

See also

• okynnesringare (“unnecessary caller; prank caller”)