päin prinkkalaa

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Derived from Prinkkala, a manor in SW Finland, where things allegedly once went awfully wrong.

Phrase

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päin prinkkalaa (informal)

  1. (idiomatic) totally wrong
    Kaikki meni päin prinkkalaa.
    Everything went totally wrong.