hötorgskonst

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • (degrading) art without market value, but may still be of technically skilled craftsmanship
  • (degrading) mass-produced handmade art with banal motifs characterized by poor aesthetic taste or superficiality

Etymology

Compound from Swedish Hötorget (Htorget) + Swedish -s- (treecreeper, bread, coffee, interfix, rat)+ Swedish konst (art)+ Swedish Hötorget, a city square in Stockholm.

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Swedish

Hötorget, a city square in Stockholm

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