spökbilist

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Danish spøgelsesbilist. Compound of spök- (“ghost”) +‎ bilist (“autoist”).

Noun

spökbilist c

1. (uncommon) wrong-way driver, ghost driver

   Synonym: spökförare

   Hypernym: vansinnesförare

   • 2023 February 19, “Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron [Here the ghost driver is stopped on the Öresund Bridge]”, in SVT Nyheter‎^[1]:

     Inne på trafikcentret finns övervakningskameror och skärmar som reagerar när en så kallad ”spökbilist” kommer körande i fel färdriktning.

     Inside the traffic center there are surveillance cameras and screens that react when a so-called "ghost driver" comes driving in the wrong direction.

Declension

Declension of spökbilist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spökbilist	spökbilists
	definite	spökbilisten	spökbilistens
plural	indefinite	spökbilister	spökbilisters
	definite	spökbilisterna	spökbilisternas