I’ll park it here. Why not? Been researching yoof culture in Sweden and came across this interesting blog. Interesting discussion from a year ago.
http://www.transparent.com/swedish/fjortisar-and-emos-in-schoolI think FA was actually way ahead of it’s time. Does this description remind you of anyone?
“Fjortis” originally comes from the Swedish word “fjortonåring” which means ‘fourteen year old’. It was used to describe the adolescent behavior of teenagers (tonåringar) a couple of decades ago and the term then progressed to a word which you would tease somebody with. Nowadays it has become something different; the English equivalent of the word would be an air head. A “Fjortis” is an airhead who has blonde hair, big breasts and is always thinking about being really thin. They are also stupid and have a shallow personality.
Or this?
The term “Emo” comes from the English word emotional; an“Emo” is typically somebody who cuts themselves, wears goth-like clothing, lots of black make-up and is depressed, usually wanting to commit suicide. A common phrase heard in every junior high school is “Han/hon är Emo, kolla han/hon har kuttat sig själv!” This means “He/she is an Emo, look he/she has cut himself/herself!” (NOTE: Kuttat comes from the English verb to cut, after adding an a it becomes a commonly used verb. Sig själv literally means oneself, herself, himself or itself, but translated back and forth the best English word would be him-or-herself in this case.) By wearing certain clothes or make-up (smink) teenagers in high schools can be shouted after in corridors, and in some worst cases picked on or bullied etc.
Awful, to think, stereotyping and bullying are still omniprescent in Swedish schools. All Swedish young people should be made to watch FA on a continual loop until they cry. If they blink, then they should be placed in isolation and made to read my poetry until their eyes bleed.