snuttifiera

Swedish

Etymology

From snutt +‎ -ifiera. First attested in 1984.

Verb

snuttifiera (present snuttifierar, preterite snuttifierade, supine snuttifierat, imperative snuttifiera)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to break up (information) into excessively small segments so that the context, depth, and connections to related areas are lost; to dumb down
    en snuttifierad nyhetsjournalistik
    a dumbed down news journalism

Usage notes

The word is also used to refer to media with excessively short clips and abrupt jumps between topics.

Conjugation

Conjugation of snuttifiera (weak)
active passive
infinitive snuttifiera snuttifieras
supine snuttifierat snuttifierats
imperative snuttifiera —
imper. plural1 snuttifieren —
present past present past
indicative snuttifierar snuttifierade snuttifieras snuttifierades
ind. plural1 snuttifiera snuttifierade snuttifieras snuttifierades
subjunctive2 snuttifiere snuttifierade snuttifieres snuttifierades
present participle snuttifierande
past participle snuttifierad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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