Scandiwegian

English Etymology en Scandinavian Norwegian. Pronunciation en iːdʒən 4 Adjective en pejorative Belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern. en 2002 City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature Terrell Dixon 279 0820323500 They bought a cheap bed, and a ten-foot 1960s Scandiwegian sofa; they bought a small red Quasar Tv, with its remote in the form of an identical miniature red TV. en 2008 Waitrose Food Illustrated 86 Architects and designers used to speak, not always respectfully, of a style called Scandiwegian. The term was coined to describe that middlebrow, does-you-good, polite modernism professed by the enlightened Nordic countries. en 2008 Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth Steve Shipside 25 1907755810 Think about how many people you know who own a top of the range shiny Scandiwegian fridge which opens to reveal a curling sandwich, a dead tomato and some curdling milk. en 2010 An Ideal for Living Marshall Moore 27 1590212312 No matter what he tried, the results looked like he'd bought the contents of his home in a single trip to a Scandiwegian interior store: sort of a cross between an airport departure lounge and an upscale psych hospital. en informal humorous Vaguely Scandinavian or Nordic. en 2011 The Temp Serena Mackesy 1446456986 Jomo talks with the conglomerate accent of one much practised in addressing an international audience: basically English, with a bit of Scandiwegian, a bit of mid-Atlantic, some East European gutturals and a touch of Australasian. en 2011 Scribble, Scribble, Scribble Simon Schama 1409018652 In the Sixties, Reuben Mattus created the fake Scandiwegian brand of HäagenDazs, with its meaninglessly hoveringumlaut, to comfort a country still crying over its murdered president. en 2013 Greenbeard Richard James Bentley 1935259229 Many years ago, an old Norse berserker, told me a stirring tale, a real tear-jerker, about how he'd never been a shirker, when he was a Scandiwegian postal-worker. en 2014 Fitter, Faster, Funnier Football Michael Cox 10 1472907515 Even though they eventually gave up booting around the decapitated heads of Scandiwegian noblemen, many of these old soccer games continued to be extremely violent. Noun en informal humorous A person who is Scandinavian or of Nordic descent. en 2010 The Stars' Tennis Balls Stephen Fry 184 1409022358 Another bloody Scandiwegian by the look of the blue eyes and flaxen hair. en 2011 What Am I Still Doing Here?: My Life as Me Roger Lewis 1444708708 The Scandiwegians present applauded heartily, Lutherans lapped it up, and there was obviously a following for fullthroated Russell Watson, if the middleaged bags in Size 20 Boden frocks were any clue. en 2016 Against the Current Mike Bodnar 1784625388 The other thing we found is that this part of the island is, for some reason, a firm favourite with Germans and Scandiwegians.