סכו״ם

Acronym of סכין, כף ומזלג (sakín, kaf umazlég, “knife, spoon and fork”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /saˈkum/

סַכּוּ״ם • (sakúm) m

1. cutlery (eating and serving utensils)
   • 2008, עידית שורר [Ídit Shúrer], transl., עיר הגנבים [ír haganavím]‎^[1], Jerusalem: כתר ספרים [Kéter Sfarím], translation of City of Thieves by David Benioff, page 61:

     אם המשא ומתן נמשך יותר מדי זמן, האיכרים נופפו בידיים בזלזול והתרחקו מהעירונים. ״אז תאכלו את הסכו״ם,״ היו אומרים ומושכים בכתף. והם כמעט תמיד קיבלו את הסְכום שביקשו.

     im hamasá umatán nimshákh yotér midái zmán, ha'ikarím nofefú bayadáyim bezilzúl vehitrakhakú meha'ironím. "áz tokhlú et hasakúm," hayú omrím umoshkhím bakatéf. vehém kim'át tamíd kiblú et haskhúm shebikshú.

     If the negotiations took too long, the peasants would wave their hands dismissively and turn their back on the urbanites. “Eat your cutlery, then,” they would say and shrug. And they would almost always get their asking price.

• סכו״ם is usually treated as an uncountable noun, appearing with singular adjectives and verbs. Occasionally, though, it is treated as a plurale tantum, reflecting its origin as a list of items.

• “סכו״ם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• סכו״ם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he