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Sweden — Phrase #9

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Skit

/ʃiːt/
Literal: Shit (borrowed from English)
Feels like: Swedish adopted "shit" and made it their own. "Skit" as a prefix intensifier: "skitbra" (shit-good = really good), "skitful" (shit-ugly = really ugly). The positive usage of a profane prefix is distinctly Swedish
CurrentAdult/Youth⚠️ Mild
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