snúa út úr
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally "to twist out from".
Verb
[edit]- to be intentionally obtuse; to intentionally misinterpret someone's words; to deliberately misconstrue
- Vertu ekki að snúa út úr fyrir mér! ― You're deliberately misinterpreting what I said.
- to deliberately give a nonsensical response
Derived terms
[edit]- útúrsnúningur (“intentional misinterpretation”)