nådiga luntan
Swedish
Etymology
From nådiga (“the gracious”) + luntan (“the stack of papers, tome”). Shortening of Kunglig Majestäts nådiga statsverksproposition (”Royal Majesty’s gracious government bill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːdɪ(ɡ)a ²lɵntan/
Noun
- (politics, informal) Sweden’s budget bill
- (figuratively) an unusual large stack of documents, a thick book