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Swedish
Etymology
efterhand + -s- + konstruktion
Noun
efterhandskonstruktion c
- an (often contrived and/or dishonest) explanation for an event brought up (a significant time) after the event (in order to defend oneself or the like), an ex post facto construction
Nu hävdar de att han sparkades på grund av problem med anställningskontraktet. Det låter som en efterhandskonstruktion.- Now they're claiming that he was fired due to problems with his employment contract. That sounds like something they made up afterwards.
- something constructed later than one might think (more generally)
Receptet jag skrev är en efterhandskonstruktion. Egentligen har jag alltid gått på känn.- The recipe I wrote is an efterhandskonstruktion. In reality, I've always winged it.
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