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Word: nordiska (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...contrast with the early days of jet travel, when tourists from the heartland came dressed in Hawaiian shirts and Bermuda shorts or polyester pants, and asked stridently for their bills in "real money," most Americans today are well attuned to European sensibilities. A customer-service official at a Stockholm Nordiska Kompaniet department store says mildly: "We no longer see so many 85-year-old teen-agers with rhinestones on their eyeglasses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americans Everywhere | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

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