lördagsgodis
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Swedish
Etymology
Affix of lördag (“Saturday”) + -s- + godis (“sweets, candy”). Originally intended as a form of caries prevention, where legal guardians only allowed consumption of sweets on Saturdays. Attested since 1957.
Noun
lördagsgodis n (uncountable)
- candy as a Saturday treat, a Scandinavian custom to allow children (or yourself) to eat candy only on Saturdays
- 2000, Anna Lena Wik-Thorsell, Social skillnad visar sig i tänderna:
- Sämre tandborstning, mindre ordning med lördagsgodis och småätande mellan målen ser hon som orsaker till att de sämre ställda barnen har sämre tänder: ...
- Less rigorous toothbrushing habits, less discipline with candy as a Saturday treat, and snacking between meals are reasons she advances as causes for the comparatively poor state of teeth among disadvantaged children: ...
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | lördagsgodis | lördagsgodis |
| definite | lördagsgodiset | lördagsgodisets | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Descendants
- → Norwegian Bokmål: lørdagsgodt, lørdagsgodteri (calque)
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: laurdagsgodt, laurdagsgodteri (calque)