pullamössösukupolvi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
pullamössö (“milksop”) + sukupolvi (“generation”)
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈpulːɑˌmøsːøˌsukuˌpolʋi/, [ˈpulːɑ̝ˌmø̞s̠ːø̞ˌs̠ukuˌpo̞lʋi]
- Rhymes: -olʋi
- Syllabification(key): pul‧la‧mös‧sö‧su‧ku‧pol‧vi
Noun edit
pullamössösukupolvi (derogatory)
- a pampered or coddled generation, supposedly due to having been fed pullamössö (“milksop”) when babies; used variously of post-WWII generations younger than the speaker
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “pullamössösukupolvi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03