flygskam
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of flyg (“flight”) + skam (“shame”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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- shame of flying (due to the environmental impact of aviation)
- 2018 January 23, Malte Persson, “Översvämmade i en flod av förljugenhet”, in Expressen[1]:
- Flygskam hos medelklassen lär inte rädda världen, men vi kanske åtminstone slipper plågas av poänglösa resebilder på Instagram.
- A middle-class shame associated with flying is unlikely to save the world, but at least we might avoid being plagued by holiday photos on Instagram.
- 2019 July 7, Henning Eklund, “Svensk turism slår rekord: ”Stolt att stanna hemma””, in Svenska Dagbladet:
- Både kronan och flygskammen kan vara viktiga faktorer som påverkar hur många besökare vi får under årets viktigaste månader.
- Both the krona and the shame associated with flying may be important factors influencing the number of visitors we have received during the busiest months of the year.
Declension[edit]
| Declension of flygskam | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | flygskam | flygskammen | — | — |
| Genitive | flygskams | flygskammens | — | — |
Descendants[edit]
- → Danish: flyskam (calque)
- → Dutch: vliegschaamte (calque)
- → Finnish: lentohäpeä (calque)
- → German: Flugscham (calque)