gemsi

• IPA^(key): [ˈcɛmsɪ]

  Rhymes: -ɛmsɪ

gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)

1. one-year-old sheep

• vandræðagemsi (“troublemaker”)

• gemlingur

A metathetic vocalization of GSM (“Global System for Mobile communications”).

Fell into disuse around the time when smartphones became ubiquitous (c. 2010), which are simply termed sími or farsími.

gemsi m (genitive singular gemsa, nominative plural gemsar)

1. (informal) cell phone, mobile phone (but not a smartphone) [late 1990s – early 2010s]

   Synonyms: farsími, GSM-sími

• “gemsi” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)