smaskig

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from smaska (“to make a wet sound, to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²smaskɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

smaskig (comparative smaskigare, superlative smaskigast)

1. (colloquial) yummy, tasty, scrumptious (of somewhat wet food)

   Synonyms: smarrig, mumsig

2. (figuratively, colloquial) sensational, juicy
   • 2012, “Åtalas för avlyssning”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎^[1]:

     Över 600 politiker, brottsoffer och kändisar avlyssnades illegalt under minst sex år av Storbritanniens då största tidning i jakten på smaskiga nyheter.

     Over 600 politicians, crime victims and celebrities were illegally bugged for at least six years by Britain's then biggest newspaper in the search for sensational news.

Declension

Inflection of smaskig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	smaskig	smaskigare	smaskigast
neuter singular	smaskigt	smaskigare	smaskigast
plural	smaskiga	smaskigare	smaskigast
masculine plural2	smaskige	smaskigare	smaskigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	smaskige	smaskigare	smaskigaste
all	smaskiga	smaskigare	smaskigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

• smaskig in Svensk ordbok (SO)