huggsexa

Swedish

Etymology

hugga (grab) + sexa (festive evening meal)

Noun

huggsexa c

  1. a situation where people vie for some limited resource, trying to grab (as much as possible of) it for themselves (originally of a meal)
    Det blev en huggsexa om de sista exemplaren i butiken
    There was a huggsexa for the last remaining copies in the store

Declension

Declension of huggsexa 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative huggsexa huggsexan huggsexor huggsexorna
Genitive huggsexas huggsexans huggsexors huggsexornas

References

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