smaskig

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from smaska (“to make a wet sound, to eat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²smaskɪ(ɡ)/

Adjective

smaskig (comparative smaskigare, superlative smaskigast)

  1. (colloquial) yummy, tasty, scrumptious (of somewhat wet food)
    Synonyms: smarrig, mumsig
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) sensational, juicy
    • 2012, “Åtalas för avlyssning”, in Svenska Dagbladet‎:
      Över 600 politiker, brottsoffer och kändisar avlyssnades illegalt under minst sex år av Storbritanniens då största tidning i jakten på smaskiga nyheter.
      Over 600 politicians, crime victims and celebrities were illegally bugged for at least six years by Britain's then biggest newspaper in the search for sensational news.

Declension
Inflection of smaskig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular smaskig smaskigare smaskigast
Neuter singular smaskigt smaskigare smaskigast
Plural smaskiga smaskigare smaskigast
Masculine plural3 smaskige smaskigare smaskigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 smaskige smaskigare smaskigaste
All smaskiga smaskigare smaskigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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