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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From conflation of the German Low German or German term Schnickschnack (“bric-a-brac, ornament; empty talk”) with the Norwegian term snakk (“(loose) talk”).
Noun
snikksnakk n (definite singular snikksnakket, uncountable)
- nonsense, chit-chat
- Synonyms: vrøvl, prat
Interjection
snikksnakk
- nonsense!
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From conflation of the German Low German or German term Schnickschnack (“bric-a-brac, ornament; empty talk”) with the Norwegian term snakk (“(loose) talk”).
Noun
snikksnakk n (definite singular snikksnakket, uncountable)
- nonsense, chit-chat
- Synonyms: vrøvl, prat
Derived terms
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