spökbilist

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Danish spøgelsesbilist.[1] Compound of spök- (“ghost”) +‎ bilist (“autoist”).

Noun

spökbilist c

  1. (uncommon) wrong-way driver, ghost driver
    Synonym: spökförare
    Hypernym: vansinnesförare
    • 2023 February 19, “Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron [Here the ghost driver is stopped on the Öresund Bridge]”, in SVT Nyheter‎[1]:
      Inne på trafikcentret finns övervakningskameror och skärmar som reagerar när en så kallad ”spökbilist” kommer körande i fel färdriktning.
      Inside the traffic center there are surveillance cameras and screens that react when a so-called "ghost driver" comes driving in the wrong direction.

Declension

Declension of spökbilist
nominative genitive
singular indefinite spökbilist spökbilists
definite spökbilisten spökbilistens
plural indefinite spökbilister spökbilisters
definite spökbilisterna spökbilisternas

References

  1. ^ SVT Nyheter – Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron, 19 February 2023
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