dodraug
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[edit] Norwegian
[edit] Etymology
Compound of do (toilet) + draug (a corporeal undead from Norse mythology). The word is a neologism and not part of traditional myths, having its origin from an audio comedy sketch of the 1970s. The ploy of the sketch was a simile of a radio children's tale being twisted into a horror story with the assumed result of making little children terrified of sitting down on the water closet.
[edit] Noun
dodraug m. (definite singular dodraugen; indefinite plural dodrauger; definite plural dodraugene)
- (neologism) A slimy, malevolent creature that lives hidden inside the water closet, and according to the original tale may extend his hand to pull children down into the toilet.
