to want to kill anyone that uses the word hygge

[roseshippy]

Just browsing books on Amazon. All this fucking hygge bollocks.

Fuck the fuck off.

Absolutely bollocks.

If the person using it is Danish, YABU.

If they are a trend jumping twat thinking they are being trendy, YANBU.

I have similar feelings about people who have an Elf of the Shelf and use words like "holibobs".

Just googled hygge.

YADNBU!

What about cwtch? Can we say cwtch?

Only if you're Welsh.

But OP, you have used it in your thread title. Does that mean you are one of Them?

WTF is hygge?

everyone can say cwtch! Best word ever.

friend of a friend of a friend type person is Danish and completely baffled at how it's being taken here and US.

I also heard a sound file of how they pronounce hygge. It's not how I thought. So I'm sticking to cosy.

One of my closest friends is Danish and her current favourite form of comic relief is looking at the hygge hashtag on Instagram.
Hygge tins of Heinz tomato soup is one picture we saw recently. 😂

The concept is lovely and I can understand why people long for that cosiness (especially in times of economic and political worry) but it is culturally so much more to Scandinavian people than a cheap blanket from George at Asda and a motherfucking onesie.

I blame Helen Russell.

This is the blurb from one of these bollocks books

"Hygge (pronounced ‘hue-ga’) is a Danish word that describes the feeling of being cosy, comfortable and at peace with the world. It’s almost impossible to translate into English, but this concept might explain why Denmark is one of the happiest countries in the world."

No, it's not. Cosy works just fine. Now fuck off.

Only if they pronounce it incorrectly (or use the incorrect ending).

DH is Danish. He has started using the term 'cultural appropriation' a lot.

I thought he would actually die laughing when my mother pronounced it 'higgie' though.

everyone can say cwtch! Best word ever.

Thank you!

agree its a load of shit and when the Sunday Mirror magazine runs an article on it (featuring blue and white cushions and fucking blankets) , you know its DEAD

That said, did you know that the Danish were the first European nation to ban slavery, and they did it a staggering 100 years before America did?

YABU it's so obnoxious. Yet another thing the pain in the arse mummy bloggers have adopted to be #blessed and #makememories about. Fuck off!

Cwtch - Yes
Hygge - Ugh
Holibobs - Kill them

No we don't need any intriguing factettes on how Denmark is so much better and more enlightened and happier than us. Just no.

Did you know that when Thomas Crapper invented the flashing toilet in jolly old Britain, the Danes were literally shitting in their front rooms. #Hygge #MadeUpFacts

Cwtch is a brilliant word.

Why not Rose?

In such miserable times it might be helpful.

Yanbu. I love the original concept but I absolutely hate how it is being wankified May they all trip over their slankets and break their big giant specs.

Well 'mysigt' is our word for it (Sweden) and it's really not quite what the media seems to have turned it into. :) it's not really about sodding cushions

I was pleasantly surprised to have candles all over the office my first winter here. When it's dark at 2pm you do need lights and a sense of cosiness or it'd just be incredibly fucking depressing (winter darkness here is crap.)