swede

Etymology 1

From the earlier term Swedish turnip, because the Swedes introduced the plant to the English in the 1700s.

noun

1. (chiefly Britain) The fleshy yellow root of a variety of rape, Brassica napus var. napobrassica, resembling a large turnip, grown as a vegetable.
2. The plant from which this is obtained.
3. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) The turnip.
4. (UK, slang) The head.
   Gotta be so careful nowadays; local copper's no problem but the cow from the council done me 'cos this almost brained a punter when it fell on his swede. 2005, The Spectator, volume 299, page 49

Etymology 2

Coined by Michel Gondry in the film Be Kind Rewind, from the claim that films produced in this way were imported from Sweden.

verb

1. To produce a low-budget remake of a film without the use of professional actors or filming techniques.
   Chances are you've sweded something before without even knowing it. 2008, “The Five Most Awesomely Sweded Movies”, in Esquire
   Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones and John Rambo are this era's King Arthur, Beowulf and Robin Hood – and sweding represents a playful and heartfelt engagement with their myths. 2014, The Guardian, Sweded movies: the end of Hollywood as we know it?