[Ads-l] Does anyone out there know Finnish?

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kalsarik%C3%A4nni
Boxer boozing
Etymology
kalsari- +‎ känni
Noun
kalsarikänni
(slang, often in plural) Occasion of getting drunk alone at home,
presumably watching TV in one's underpants.

Mitä teit perjantaina? --Olin niin väsynyt, että menin kotiin ja vedin
kalsarikännit.
What did you do on Friday? --I was so tired that I went home and did some
boxer boozing.

Declension
Inflection of kalsarikänni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative kalsarikänni kalsarikännit
genitive kalsarikännin kalsarikännien
partitive kalsarikänniä kalsarikännejä
illative kalsarikänniin kalsarikänneihin

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