stingpinne

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of sting (“sting”) +‎ pinne (“stick”). Coined by Swedish journalist Gösta Ollén, based on the slogan of the newspaper Expressen, "Den har sting!" ("It has sting!"), who sold them as promotional material.^[1] First attested in 1966^[2].

Noun

stingpinne c

a bicycle safety wing

Declension

Declension of **stingpinne**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stingpinne	stingpinnes
singular	definite	stingpinnen	stingpinnens
plural	indefinite	stingpinnar	stingpinnars
plural	definite	stingpinnarna	stingpinnarnas

Synonyms

varselpinne

References

^ Dante Thomsen (2011 March 1) “Expressen bannlyser naken-chocken [Expressen bans the naked shock]”, in Dagens Media‎^[1] (in Swedish), archived from the original on 4 March 2011: “Jag tror nog snarare att "extra" är kvällspressens signum, även om "stingpinne" som också kommer från Gösta Ollén borde vara en kandidat. ― I’d say "extra" is more the hallmark of the evening press, though "sting stick," also from Gösta Ollén, ought to be in the running.”
^ stingpinne in Svensk ordbok (SO)

[1] Dante Thomsen (2011 March 1) “Expressen bannlyser naken-chocken [Expressen bans the naked shock]”, in Dagens Media‎^[1] (in Swedish), archived from the original on 4 March 2011: “Jag tror nog snarare att "extra" är kvällspressens signum, även om "stingpinne" som också kommer från Gösta Ollén borde vara en kandidat. ― I’d say "extra" is more the hallmark of the evening press, though "sting stick," also from Gösta Ollén, ought to be in the running.”

[2] stingpinne in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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