vingummi
Swedish
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Etymology
[edit]Calque of English wine gum. Compound of vin (“wine”) + gummi (“gum, rubber”). The former is of unknown origin, as it does not contain any wine. The latter likely refers to its chewy, gum-like consistency. First attested in the 1960s[1].
Noun
[edit]vingummi n
- wine gum
- 1968 July 28, Dagens Nyheter, page 20:
- Vingummi finns visserligen både i Tyskland och […]
- Wine gums do indeed exist both in Germany and […]
- 1985, Viveca Lärn, Korksulor. Göteborgskåserier. [Cork Soles. Gothenburg Vignettes.], page 55:
- En annan bra nyhet är att man kan vinna världens underbaraste blandning av olja, tång, socker och konsistensgivare nämligen vingummi, i ett alldeles särskilt stånd.
- Another great piece of news is that you can win the world’s most wonderful mix of oil, seaweed, sugar, and stabilisers namely wine gums, at a very special stall.
- 2010 October 16, Kjell-Arne Karlsson, “700 kilo godis låg i skogen [700 kilos of sweets were lying in the forest]”, in Västerviks-Tidningen:
- Tre pallar med minst 700 kilokartonger med vingummi låg utvräkta på marken en bit från vägen!
- Three pallets with at least 700 one-kilo boxes of wine gums were sprawled on the ground a short distance from the road!
Declension
[edit]Declension of vingummi