det var som fan

Swedish

Alternative forms

(... and other euphemisms for fan.)

Etymology

Literally, “it was like damn”. Compare Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk det var som faen.

Interjection

det var som fan

  1. (colloquial) (well) I'll be damned (expresses surprise)
    Hela skogen brann ner alltså? Det var som fan.
    So the whole forest burned down? I'll be damned.
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