fittstim

Swedish

Etymology

From fitta (“pussy”) +‎ stim (“school (of fish)”). Made widely known through an anecdote told by trade unionist Stig Malm in 1992 that involved a taxi driver using the word, which made its way to the media. Originally of the women's wing of the Swedish Social Democratic Party as well as feminists generally.

Noun

fittstim n

  1. (colloquial, possibly offensive) a group of women

Declension

Declension of fittstim
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fittstim fittstims
definite fittstimmet fittstimmets
plural indefinite fittstim fittstims
definite fittstimmen fittstimmens

References

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