英语词汇swede的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	swede
词源	Swede. Swede, or dumb Swede, is American slang for a dope or a blunderer, a stupid person. Swedish-Americans have not fared well in the American-English language, also being called by such endearing terms as square heads, box-heads, and scandahoovians. Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne, born in Norway, famously, or infamously, said of Swedes: “What’s dumber than a dumb Irishman? A smart Swede.” See rutabaga.
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