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kjellinn.

a way to refer to oneself or the person being spoken to in a "cool" and detached fashion

8 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a way to refer to oneself or the person being spoken to in a "cool" and detached fashion

    slang
    Kjellinn bara mættur niður í bæ?
    Kjellinn búinn að kaupa sér nýjan bíl.
Where this word comes from

A distortion of kallinn (“the man”), used in the same context. Compare the initial sound of the related word kelling. An even further distortion of the term is tjellinn, which is also in common use.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.