rattsurfa
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ratt (“steering wheel”) + surfa (“to surf the internet”). Coined in analogy with rattfylleri (“drunk driving”) and popularized by a public information campaign from the Swedish Transport Agency in 2014.
Verb
[edit]rattsurfa (present rattsurfar, preterite rattsurfade, supine rattsurfat, imperative rattsurfa)
- (neologism, intransitive) to use a mobile phone (generally a smartphone) while driving
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of rattsurfa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | rattsurfa | rattsurfas | ||
Supine | rattsurfat | rattsurfats | ||
Imperative | rattsurfa | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | rattsurfen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | rattsurfar | rattsurfade | rattsurfas | rattsurfades |
Ind. plural1 | rattsurfa | rattsurfade | rattsurfas | rattsurfades |
Subjunctive2 | rattsurfe | rattsurfade | rattsurfes | rattsurfades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | rattsurfande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]rattsurfning on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv