pick och pack
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pickpack (“bag and baggage”), originally from pack (“baggage; supply”). According to SAOB attested since 1620.
Compare with the rhyming structure of hipp som happ (“willy-nilly”), krimskrams, mischmasch, sicksack, sliddersladder, snicksnack, tingeltangel, virrvarr.
Compare with Danish pik og pak, Norwegian pikk og pakk, and German mit Sack und Pack.
Noun
[edit]- All belongings needed for travel.
- 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, “N:o 28. Tre Remmare”, in Fredmans sånger [Songs of Fredman][1], page I.63:
- Och conjugera Amo;
Hur han drack,
Ölet stack,
Kärlek hjärnen brydde;
Movitz tog sitt pick och pack,
Och lärdoms sätet flydde.- And conjugate Amo;
How he drank,
The beer stung,
Love the brain cared;
Movitz took his bag and baggage,
And the seat of learning escaped.
- And conjugate Amo;
- (by extension) Everything a person take with them when they leave; bag and baggage.
- 2022 July 11, Rebecca Stella, “Stora skiftet – därför kommer flera influencers försvinna: ”Vissa kommer inte att orka” [The big shift - therefore several influencers will disappear: "Some will not have the energy"]”, in Expressen[2]:
- Färre visningar på Youtube, lägre exponering på Instagram och fans som tar sitt pick och pack och flyttar till Tiktok.[sic]
- Fewer views on YouTube, lower exposure on Instagram and fans who take their bag and baggage and move to TikTok.