pullamössösukupolvi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]pullamössö (“milksop”) + sukupolvi (“generation”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈpulːɑˌmøsːøˌsukuˌpolʋi/, [ˈpulːɑ̝ˌmø̞s̠ːø̞ˌs̠ukuˌpo̞lʋi]
- Rhymes: -olʋi
- Syllabification(key): pul‧la‧mös‧sö‧su‧ku‧pol‧vi
Noun
[edit]pullamössösukupolvi (derogatory)
- a pampered or coddled generation, supposedly due to having been fed pullamössö (“milksop”) when babies; used variously of post-WWII generations younger than the speaker
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pullamössösukupolvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03