Scandi

1. informalnot comparableScandinavian; from or pertaining to Scandinavia.

   Longstanding maritime traditions and extensive coastlines mean that seafood also plays a major role in Scandi cuisine, and in my baking.

   2012, Signe Johansen, Scandilicious Baking, Hachette UK, →ISBN

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   When it comes to fictional accounts, and notwithstanding the current 'Scandi Crime' trend following in the wake of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Norwegian viewers have predominantly been exposed to Anglo-American programming.

   2013, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Mike Hough, Klara Kerezsi, René Lévy, Sonja Snacken, The Routledge Handbook of European Criminology, Routledge, →ISBN, page 270

   Things start encouragingly enough with attractive redbrick mansion blocks and municipal buildings, cobbled streets and interesting boutiques nestled between big high street stalwarts. The place looks a lot like a Scandi version of Guildford.

   2015, Helen Russell, The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Happiest Country, Icon Books, →ISBN

   Rivalry with other middle-market brands competing for shoppers’ hard-earned cash has been ferocious, thanks to the likes of Me+Em, Rixo and Kitri, as well as the continued onslaught of chic Scandi brands such as & Other Stories, Arket, Cos and the more expensive Ganni.

   2024 August 19, Ellie Violet Bramley, “Ted Baker’s closure was foreseeable from a fashion perspective”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

plural Scandis

1. informalA Scandinavian; someone from Scandinavia.

   One of the Scandis, Sandra, had talked about how the men in south east Asia stared openly at women.

   2014, Graeme Maughan, Backpackers, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN

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   A bonus for those working on their tans in the stands, but in the dressing room the made-for-the-shade Brits and the Scandis are sweating uncomfortably already.

   2013, anonymous author, The Secret Player, Hachette UK, →ISBN