nådiga luntan

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Swedish

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Sweden's finance minister on her budget walk carrying the "gracious stack" to the parlament.

Etymology

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From nådiga (the gracious) +‎ luntan (the stack of papers, tome). Shortening of Kunglig Majestäts nådiga statsverksproposition (”Royal Majesty’s gracious government bill”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /noːdɪ(ɡ)a ²lɵntan/

Noun

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nådiga luntan c

  1. (politics, informal) Sweden’s budget bill
  2. (figuratively) an unusual large stack of documents, a thick book

See also

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