spökbilist
Swedish
Etymology
Calque of Danish spøgelsesbilist.[1] Compound of spök- (“ghost”) + bilist (“autoist”).
Noun
spökbilist c
- (uncommon) wrong-way driver, ghost driver
- 2023 February 19, “Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron [Here the ghost driver is stopped on the Öresund Bridge]”, in SVT Nyheter:
- 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.
- Synonym: spökförare
- Hypernym: vansinnesförare
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Declension
| Declension of spökbilist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | spökbilist | spökbilisten | spökbilister | spökbilisterna |
| Genitive | spökbilists | spökbilistens | spökbilisters | spökbilisternas |
References
- SVT Nyheter – Här stoppas spökbilisten på Öresundsbron, 19 February 2023