fimmaurabrandari

Icelandic

Etymology

fimm (“five”) +‎ aurar (“cents”) +‎ brandari (“joke”), a joke that is so bad that it is only worth 5 cents (which, in the early 20th century, was more or less worthless).[1]

Noun

fimmaurabrandari m

  1. a joke that is so bad it is good, usually a short joke based on word play or a pun, similar to a dad joke

Declension
declension of fimmaurabrandari
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fimmaurabrandari fimmaurabrandarinn fimmaurabrandarar fimmaurabrandararnir
accusative fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarann fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarana
dative fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandaranum fimmaurabröndurum fimmaurabröndurunum
genitive fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandarans fimmaurabrandara fimmaurabrandaranna

References
  1. Guðrún Kvaran. „Hvers konar brandarar eru „fimmaurabrandarar“?“ Vísindavefurinn, 27 November 2013.
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