läski

From Swedish fläsk.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæski/,
• Rhymes: -æski
• Hyphenation^(key): läs‧ki

läski

1. fatty pork, lard (fatty pig meat as food or pork fat as such)
2. (colloquial) fat (fat tissue in humans; by extension of something superfluous or to be trimmed)
3. (derogatory) fatty, fatso, blimp (overweight or obese person; also used by the fat acceptance movement in a positive sense)
4. (colloquial, idiomatic) used in the translative case in idioms expressing failure

   lyödä läskiksi ― to stop trying

   mennä läskiksi ― (of an attempt or project) to fall apart, to come to nothing

• (obese person): pullukka, lihapulla, punkero
• (fat, pork fat, fat tissue): ihra

läski (comparative läskimpi, superlative läskein) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. fat (usually derogatory, but also used by the fat acceptance movement in a positive sense)

   Synonym: lihava

• “läski”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

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