150-ohmare

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of 150 +‎ ohm (“ohm”) +‎ -are (“-er”). Pastry sense based on the colour coding of a 150 ohm resistor; brown, green and brown.

Noun

150-ohmare c

  1. (literally) a 150 ohm resistor
  2. (pastry, humorous) synonym of dammsugare (“punsch-roll”)
    Synonyms: arraksrulle, punschrulle, trådrulle

Declension

Declension of 150-ohmare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite 150-ohmare 150-ohmares
definite 150-ohmaren 150-ohmarens
plural indefinite 150-ohmare 150-ohmares
definite 150-ohmarna 150-ohmarnas

References

  • Olle Berggren (25 March 2004) “Nu blir det dammsugare på riktigt”, in Expressen‎[1] (in Swedish): “Genom åren har punschrullen haft många namn. Arraks-rulle, dammsugare, trådrulle, centerpartist, säkring och 150-ohmare. ― Over the years, the punch roll has had many names. Arraks-roll, vacuum cleaner, thread spool, centralist, plug fuse and 150 ohmer.”
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