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taskig

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Swedish

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Etymology

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task +‎ -ig

Adjective

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taskig (comparative taskigare, superlative taskigast)

  1. (colloquial) mean
    Sluta vara så taskig!
    Stop being so mean!
  2. (colloquial) bad (about a situation)
    De fick soppatorsk mitt i öknen. Taskigt läge kan man säga.
    They ran out of gas in the middle of the desert. A bad situation for sure.

Usage notes

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Considered colloquial, but less so than task (penis) which it is derived from.

Declension

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Inflection of taskig
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular taskig taskigare taskigast
neuter singular taskigt taskigare taskigast
plural taskiga taskigare taskigast
masculine plural2 taskige taskigare taskigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 taskige taskigare taskigaste
all taskiga taskigare taskigaste

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.

Derived terms

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