fimmaurabrandari

Icelandic

Etymology

From fimm (“five”) +‎ aurar (“cents”) +‎ brandari (“joke”), a joke that is so bad that it is only worth 5 cents (which, in the early 20th century, was more or less worthless).[1]

Noun

fimmaurabrandari m (genitive singular fimmaurabrandara, nominative plural fimmaurabrandarar)

  1. a joke that is so bad it is good, usually a short joke based on word play or a pun, similar to a dad joke

Declension

Declension of fimmaurabrandari (masculine, based on brandari -> -ari)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fimmaurabrandari fimmaurabrandarinn fimmaurabrandarar fimmaurabrandararnir
accusative fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarann fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarana
dative fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandaranum fimmaurabröndurum fimmaurabröndurunum
genitive fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarans fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandaranna

References

  1. ^ Guðrún Kvaran. „Hvers konar brandarar eru „fimmaurabrandarar“?“ Vísindavefurinn, 27 November 2013.
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