negerboll

Swedish

Etymology

neger (“negro (with similar sense development to English)”) +‎ boll (“ball”). Possibly a calque of Danish negerbolle.

Noun

negerboll c

  1. (offensive, proscribed) oatmeal ball; a kind of confectionery with oatmeal, cocoa, and butter, rolled into inch-size balls
    Synonyms: chokladboll, havreboll, havregrynsboll
  2. (offensive, proscribed, Scania) chocolate teacake
    Synonym: gräddbulle
  3. (vulgar, degoratory, slang) basketball

Declension

Declension of negerboll
nominative genitive
singular indefinite negerboll negerbolls
definite negerbollen negerbollens
plural indefinite negerbollar negerbollars
definite negerbollarna negerbollarnas

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