stingpinne
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Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]stingpinne c
- a bicycle safety wing
Declension
[edit]Declension of stingpinne
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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)