Etymology Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.
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To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it.2008, “The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies”, in Esquire:
Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths.2014, The Guardian, Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it?:
Swede
noun
Etymology From Middle Low German Swêde, from a Germanic word akin to Old Norse Svíþjóð, Old English Swēoþēod (“Sweden”, literally “Swede nation”), itself from Swēo (“Swede”), from Proto-Germanic *swihô (“Swede”). Cognate with Dutch Zweed, German Schwede. Doublet of suede.
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A person of a North Germanic ethnic group native to Scandinavia, comprising the ethnic majority of Sweden.
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Historical A member of an ancient North Germanic tribe that inhabited central Sweden.
Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede.2005, The Spectator, volume 299, page 49: