fimmaurabrandari
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
fimm (“five”) + aurar (“cents”) + brandari (“joke”), a joke that is so bad that it is only worth 5 cents (which, in the early 20th century, was more or less worthless).[1]
Noun edit
fimmaurabrandari m
- a joke that is so bad it is good, usually a short joke based on word play or a pun, similar to a dad joke
Declension edit
declension of fimmaurabrandari
| m-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fimmaurabrandari | fimmaurabrandarinn | fimmaurabrandarar | fimmaurabrandararnir |
| accusative | fimmaurabrandara | fimmaurabrandarann | fimmaurabrandara | fimmaurabrandarana |
| dative | fimmaurabrandara | fimmaurabrandaranum | fimmaurabröndurum | fimmaurabröndurunum |
| genitive | fimmaurabrandara | fimmaurabrandarans | fimmaurabrandara | fimmaurabrandaranna |
References edit
- ^ Guðrún Kvaran. „Hvers konar brandarar eru „fimmaurabrandarar“?“ Vísindavefurinn, 27 November 2013.