hittepå

Swedish

Etymology

Nominalization of hitta på (“concoct, make up”), with -e- interfix.

Noun

hittepå n

  1. (colloquial, often humorous) something concocted or made up
    Det är inte sant! Allt är bara hittepå.
    It's not true! Everything's just made-up stuff.
    Är det där nåt modernt hittepå?
    Is that some modern concoction?

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