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In Swedish 'skit' (=shit) is a prefix added as emphasis to a lot of descriptions, can get pretty funny some times. For example 'skitbra' = shit good, 'skitdåligt' = shit bad, 'skitlite' = shit little, 'skitmycket' = shit a lot.
I read "skitmycket" as "suck my shit" at first because it sounds really close to that
As a Dane, I can attest that the suggested activity is already among the most popular of Swedish pastimes.
You could do a short comedy routine about that. (Aka a skit)
Re Skitbra, does that mean that "bra" is "good"?
I ask because in parts of Scotland there's the word "braw", which has the same meaning. Wonder if there's a connection there.
Yes, correct. That's interesting, I've never heard anyone use braw.
It's widely used in Fife and possibly north of that. Don't think it's common in Glasgow or Edinburgh though.
It gives us the saying, "It's a braw, bricht, moonlicht, nicht" :-)
EDIT: Apparently it's from the French, brave, but the Swedish similarity is noted too :-)
Same in Norway with "drit-". It can also be used as a suffix indicating "thing" or "stuff".
I'd love an example or two of the suffix use, I don't think we do that in Swedish.
It's sometimes done when referring to a category or generalizing a noun, often in a derogatory way. I'm sure it works in Swedish too.
Person 1: "Hva ble det til middag"
Person 2: "Noe pastadrit..."
Ah I see what you mean now. Yes, we do that too.