hurtbulle

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of hurtig (“full of energy, pep, endurance”) +‎ bulle (“bun”). Coined by Swedish journalist Gösta Ollén.[1] First attested in 1966[2].

Noun

hurtbulle c

  1. An exceptionally pep and energetic fitness person.
    • 2018 March 2, Ulf Westman, “Rolf, 85, är en veteran i Vasaloppets spår: "Att bli äldre betyder inte att man inte kan träna hårt" [Rolf, 85, is a veteran of the Vasaloppet trail: "Getting older doesn’t mean you can’t train hard."]”, in Örnsköldsviks Allehanda:
      Härnösands meste hurtbulle. Trots att han snart fyller 85 år tränar han minst fyra gånger i veckan och åker Halvvasan.
      Härnösand's most enthusiastic fitness buff. Despite soon turning 85, he trains at least four times a week and participates in the Half Vasaloppet.
    • 2024 January 11, Lisa Magnusson, “Hurtbullarna bär på ett mörker som vi andra knappt kan föreställa oss [The fitness fanatics carry a darkness that the rest of us can barely imagine.]”, in Dagens Nyheter (editorial):
      Hurtbullarna är inte sunda själar i sunda kroppar - de är vansinniga självplågare bara. Vilken ny hemsk trend kommer de att uppfinna efter vinterbadandet?
      Fitness fanatics are not healthy minds in healthy bodies – they’re just mad self-tormentors. What new awful trend will they invent after winter swimming?

Declension

Declension of hurtbulle
nominative genitive
singular indefinite hurtbulle hurtbulles
definite bullen bullens
plural indefinite bullar bullars
definite bullarna bullarnas

References

  1. ^ Dante Thomsen (2011 March 1) “Expressen bannlyser naken-chocken [Expressen bans the naked shock]”, in Dagens Media‎ (in Swedish), archived from the original on 4 March 2011: “Expressen har ju en tradition av att etablera ord, som "hyschhysch" eller "hurtbulle" som Gösta Ollén kom på, […] ― Expressen has a tradition of establishing words, like 'hyschhysch' or 'hurtbulle,' which Gösta Ollén came up with, ”
  2. ^ hurtbulle in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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