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Swedish
Etymology
Original derived from änkemansstöt; änkeman (“widower”) + stöt (“thrust, blow, strike”). According to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok the word is the result of a contraction influenced by the idiom änkemanssorg och armbågestöt går snart över (free translation: "a widowers grief and a blow to the elbow are soon forgotten"). Attested since 1923.
Pronunciation
Noun
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- A strike to the funny bone.
Jag träffade bordet med armen och fick en rejäl änkestöt.- "I hit the table right on the funny bone."
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