Word of the Week: Feb. 27-March 2
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Since last week (February 26-March 2), The Local has been including a “Word of the Week” in at least one story on every weekday.
We’re encouraging readers to keep a close eye on our stories to see if they can ferret out exactly which word has been chosen to add a bit of linguistic spice to our texts.
Following our mention of the Word of the Week in last week’s Fridayemail, a number of readers submitted their guesses via Twitter including “gobsmacked” and “Estelle”, the name of Sweden’s newest princess.
However, the Word of the Week for February 26-March 2 (known as “Week 9″ in Sweden) was:
Blistering
Indeed, blistering, defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “extremely intense or severe” or “very rapid” appeared in the following five stories last week:
Football phenom Guidetti set for Sweden debut
Stockholm men ranked ‘world’s sexiest’
Swedish man paid cash to have money cleaned
Sweden beats Croatia 3-1
Teen kills man, 84, over ‘sex blackmail’ plot
According to online English-Swedish dictionary Tyda.se, the Swedish translations for “blistering” include” brännande”, “svidande” or “hastig”.
Be sure to keep an eye out for the new Word of the Week in stories published this week. The word will be revealed here next week.
And feel free to to let us know your guesses (or provide suggestions) via Twitter at @TheLocalSweden with a #tlwow hashtag or drop an email to news@thelocal.se.
Happy reading!
