bottennapp

Swedish

Etymology

From botten (“bottom”) +‎ napp (“bite (of a baited hook or other lure)”).

Noun

bottennapp n

  1. (fishing) a fish hook getting snagged on something on the bottom of a body of water
    Han fick bottennapp
    His fish hook got snagged on something on the bottom
  2. (figuratively, colloquial) a complete failure, a flop, a fiasco, a low point
    Deras nya album är ett riktigt bottennapp
    Their new album is a real low point for them

Declension

Declension of bottennapp
nominative genitive
singular indefinite bottennapp bottennapps
definite bottennappet bottennappets
plural indefinite bottennapp bottennapps
definite bottennappen bottennappens

References

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