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August 2011

Have-crazy

The Swedish word hagalen, is made up of “ha” (have) and “galen” (crazy) In English: acquisitive or more informal, grabby. None of which are a perfect fit (to acquire something, or to want to grab it, is not exactly the same as wanting to have it): “Taking” or “grabbing” is very aggressive and culpable, whereas […]