paskantärkeä

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Finnish

Etymology

paskan +‎ tärkeä

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑskɑnˌtærkeæ/,
  • Rhymes: -ærkeæ
  • Hyphenation(key): paskan‧tärkeä

Adjective

paskantärkeä (vulgar, derogatory, colloquial)

  1. picky, snobby, pedantic
    • 1973, “Meiltähän tämä käy”, in Lauri Jauhiainen (lyrics), Toivo Kärki (music), Meiltähän tämä käy / Herrojen metkut, performed by Esa Pakarinen, Savonian dialect, with normalization to Standard Finnish in brackets:
      Ilman laalua työ on vailla järkee,
      lempilaaluta hapanmakuinen
      Herra laaluton on niin paskantärkee,
      ankeet ilimeet sen
      [Ilman laulua työ on vailla järkeä,
      lempilaulutta hapanmakuinen
      Herra lauluton on niin paskantärkeä,
      ankeat ilmeet sen]
      Without song, work makes no sense
      leaves a sour taste without the favorite song
      That gentleman coming in without singing
      is so snobby and his face is drab

Declension

Possessive forms of paskantärkeä (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.

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