slarvsylta

Swedish

Etymology

slarva (“(loose uneven) piece of organic tissue (dialectal)”) +‎ sylta

Noun

slarvsylta c

  1. (chiefly historical) a dish made with finely-chopped intestines and other offal from cattle
  2. a dish made with finely-chopped beef and other ingredients
  3. (figurative, in "göra slarvsylta av någon") someone (hyperbolically) utterly destroyed, mincemeat
    Jag ska göra slarvsylta av honom
    I'm gonna turn him into mincemeat

Usage notes

Though not where it originated, associated with the Swedish "Kalle Anka & C:o" ("Donald Duck & Co") comics magazine in (sense 3), due to frequent usage.

Declension
Declension of slarvsylta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slarvsylta slarvsyltan slarvsyltor slarvsyltorna
Genitive slarvsyltas slarvsyltans slarvsyltors slarvsyltornas

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