flygskam

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Swedish

Greta Thunberg, likely the main person associated with flygskam (flight shame). In order to boycott the environmentally destructive airline industry, Greta sailed across the Atlantic.

Etymology

Compound of flyg (flight) +‎ skam (shame). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. origin

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Noun

flygskam c

  1. shame of flying (due to the environmental impact of aviation)
    • 2018 January 23, Malte Persson, “Översvämmade i en flod av förljugenhet”, in Expressen:
      Flygskam hos medelklassen lär inte rädda världen, men vi kanske åtminstone slipper plågas av poänglösa resebilder på Instagram.
      A middle-class shame associated with flying is unlikely to save the world, but at least we might avoid being plagued by holiday photos on Instagram.
    • 2019 July 7, Henning Eklund, “Svensk turism slår rekord: ”Stolt att stanna hemma””, in Svenska Dagbladet:
      Både kronan och flygskammen kan vara viktiga faktorer som påverkar hur många besökare vi får under årets viktigaste månader.
      Both the krona and the shame associated with flying may be important factors influencing the number of visitors we have received during the busiest months of the year.

Declension

Declension of flygskam
nominative genitive
singular indefinite flygskam flygskams
definite flygskammen flygskammens
plural indefinite
definite

Descendants

  • Danish: flyskam (calque)
  • Dutch: vliegschaamte (calque)
  • Finnish: lentohäpeä (calque)
  • German: Flugscham (calque)