kronan
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, "the coin."
Proper noun
kronan c (genitive kronans)
- a game in which a coin is set spinning on its edge, with each player in turn then having to keep the coin spinning by flicking it (as well as keep it from going off the edge of the table or other playing surface); the loser of a round places his or her knuckles against the playing surface, and another player then flicks the coin against their knuckles, often resulting in bloodshed
- 2008 June 11, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:
- Det var populärt i min skola att spela krona [synonym] i slutet av 90-talet då jag gick på mellanstadiet. Minns att det gjorde förbannat ont att bli skjuten men som tur var så var det sällan man förlorade. Till slut förbjöd lärarna skiten för alla gick omkring med trasiga knogar.
- It was popular at my school to play coin in the late 90s when I was in middle school. remember it hurting like hell to get shot but luckily I rarely lost . Eventually, the teachers banned the crap because everyone was walking around with busted knuckles.
- remember some people used to play it in middle school, 94-95 ish. You were only allowed to withdraw from the game when you could write your name in blood... The teachers then banned the game.]
2010 December 19, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:
- Kronan, vilka minnen det väcker.
Alla spelade det på högstadiet och jag som skulle vara lite tuffare en [än] alla andra drog ihop ett gäng som körde "dollar", det var samma sak som kronan bara det att det var ett slipat dollarmynt vi spelade med.
Det ledde till många otrevliga skador, själv fick jag en otäck infektion i knogarna och det var inte kul.- The coin, what memories it brings back.
Everyone played it in junior high and I, who wanted to be a bit tougher than everyone else, pulled together a group that played "dollar", it was the same thing as the coin only it was a sharpened dollar coin we were playing with.
It lead to many unpleasant injuries, I myself got a nasty infection in my knuckles and that was not fun.
- The coin, what memories it brings back.
banned when we were in middle school I think it was... We sharpened the edge of a 5 kronor coin, and made little notches in it for maximum damage! Then a guy almost cut off a tendon I think it was, and the obligatory letter home to all parents was a fact/reality.]
2011 March 26, Flashback (forum), Spela Krona - kommer någon ihåg?:
- Kronan hette det här uppe, vi killar som var tuffa och gangstriga hade alla ärr på knogarna, med fördel spelade vi detta med vässade mynt som på slöjden omsorgsfullt hade preparerats till vassa jävla ninjavapen.
- It was called kronan up here, us guys who were tough and gangstery all had scars on our knuckles, preferably we played it with sharpened coins that had been carefully prepared during shop class into sharp goddamn ninja weapons.
2018 October 30, Reddit (forum), Mandomsprov i skolan:
- Hette blodkrona [synonym] hos oss, blev tillslut förbjudet för [att det] var blod på alla bord och bänkar i skolan.
- It was called blood coin here , was eventually banned because there was blood on all the tables and benches in school.
Usage notes
Long widespread in Swedish elementary and high schools, though frequently banned.
See also
Noun
kronan