råttan i pizzan

Swedish
FWOTD – 5 August 2020

Etymology

råttan (“the rat”) +‎ i (“in”) +‎ pizzan (“the pizza”), from an urban legend about a pizzeria serving rat meat to unaware customers, and from a book by Bengt af Klintberg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔtan i ˈpɪtsan/

Noun

råttan i pizzan c

  1. (figurative) An urban legend
    Synonyms: vandringssägen, skröna, klintbergare
    • 2014 July 31, “Nyheten om Zlatans jättebetalning falsk”, in Resumé:
      Nä, detta är verkligen en "råttan i pizzan", skriver Lars-Johan Jarnheimer i ett mejl till Metros Viralgranskaren.
      No, this is really an urban legend, writes Lars-Johan Jarnheimer in an email to Metro's Fact Checker.
    • 2019 January 23, David Johansson, “Café möter Calvin Kleins klockguru Carlo Giordanetti”, in Café:
      Nästan alla mina klockbärande vänner skryter med sin farfars Omega med någon slags råttan i pizzan, Pulp Fiction-liknande historia bakom.
      Almost all of my watch-wearing friends show off with their grandfather's Omega with some kind of urban legend-esque, Pulp Fiction-like backstory.
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