pakkopulla

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • The obligatory bun. (Finnish custom is that visitors to a household being visited bring food to be shared with the hosts. Typically this is in the form of a cinnamon bun to be enjoyed with coffee provided by the hosts)
  • (by extension and playfully) any kind of obligatory task that is reluctantly carried out, such as filing a tax return or shovelling fallen snow.

Etymology

Affix from Finnish pakko (forced, stump, compulsion, block of rotten wood, coercion) + Finnish pulla (bun, sweet cardamom bread).

Origin

Finnish

pulla

Gloss

bun, sweet cardamom bread

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