#hamstra

Here comes an unexpected word you probably wouldn’t have guessed what it means. And to be honest, I didn’t anticipate I’d someday be talking about it. The word in question is “hamstra”.

Yes, it sounds like hamster. A literal interpretation of “hamstra” could be to... do like the hamsters / to behave like a hamster.

You might already know that, in Swedish, we can add an A to the end of some words to make them into verbs.

Here is the real meaning of the word

Hamstra = to hoard / to stockpile

Hamstra is the Swedish word for hoarding or stockpiling. Like when you are scared for a pandemic and start hoarding and stockpiling toilet paper and pasta.

In the news.

Folk hamstrar toapapper = people are stockpiling toilet paper