tabba.
to goof up
Meaning & usage
to goof up
Jag hade fått full pott på matteprovet om jag inte tabbat mig på det enklaste talet
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. From a surface analysis, a variation of tappa (“to lose, to drop”) (cf. Scanian taba, Danish tabe) in certain situations, either directly or by influence; compare: att tabba det (“to goof up”) vs att tappa det (“to lose the situation”). Other relations are found in words deriving from Proto-Germanic *tabōną, such as Swedish töva (“to delay”), Norwegian tava (“to work hard for nothing, to fumble”), German tappen (“to fumble”). See also Swedish dabba.
to tab (use the Tab key on a computer)
Where this word comes from
From tab (the keyboard button) + -a (action suffix).
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