moment 22

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of moment (“moment”) +‎ 22. Coined by Swedish translator Torsten Blomkvist in 1962 via the Swedish title of the novel Catch-22 by American author Joseph Heller.

Noun

moment 22 n

  1. Catch-22
    Hypernym: cirkelresonemang (“circular reasoning”)
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