{"id":3058,"date":"2014-11-25T20:18:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:18:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:18:04","slug":"and-the-winner-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/and-the-winner-is\/","title":{"rendered":"And the winner is\u2026."},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year the Van Dale <\/em>dictionary group selects a couple of words. Everyone is invited to vote for the word of the woord van het jaar. <\/em>These words are usually based on political or social events from the year. The past winners have been:<\/p>\n

2013- selfie
\n<\/em>After the craze of selfies, including Obama\u2019s selfie with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Denmark\u2019s Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, selfie<\/em> couldn\u2019t miss joining the Dutch vocabulary!<\/p>\n

2012- project x-feest
\n<\/em>In Groningen, a party was crashed thanks to social media promotion. Much like the movie \u201cProject X\u201d, they tore up the town and made the news.<\/p>\n

2011- tuigdorp
\n<\/em>This word owes its fame to the PVV party, the conservative populist party of the Netherlands. According to the PVV, repeating offenders should be placed in a tuigdorp<\/em> which can be loosely translated to a scum village.<\/p>\n

2010- gedoogregering
\n<\/em>An accepted or accepting government.<\/p>\n

2009- Ontvrienden
\n<\/em>I can only assume this word won because of social media. Ontvrienden <\/em>means to unfriend.<\/p>\n

This year, the nominees are:<\/strong><\/p>\n

clownspiet\u00ad- <\/em>a play between clown and Zwarte Piet<\/a><\/p>\n

crimiclown<\/em>– a clown who terrifies people<\/p>\n

dagobertducktaks<\/em>– extra tax for the very wealthy; this word makes reference to Dagobert, also known as Scrooge McDuck<\/p>\n

fotobom<\/em>– accidently appearing in someone\u2019s photo<\/p>\n

jihadgezin<\/em>– a family in which one or more members have gone to fight with radical Muslims in Syria<\/p>\n

kalifaatganger<\/em>– a radical Muslim who has gone to the self-declared Muslim caliphate<\/p>\n

moestuinsocialisme<\/em>– vegetable garden socialism; this word was coined after minister Jetta Klijnsma said gardening is good for old people on low incomes<\/p>\n

stemfie-<\/em> taking a selfie while voting or stemmen<\/em>; this was very popular during elections and even stirred a debate questioning if stemfies<\/em> were legal<\/p>\n

straatintimidatie<\/em>– intimidation on the street<\/p>\n

wegkijkstaat-<\/em> look away state; a neo-liberal society in which everyone ignores those less fortunate than themselves<\/p>\n

You can check out the Van Dale<\/a> website and cast your stem<\/em>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year the Van Dale dictionary group selects a couple of words. Everyone is invited to vote for the word of the woord van het jaar. These words are usually based on political or social events from the year. The past winners have been: 2013- selfie After the craze of selfies, including Obama\u2019s selfie with…<\/p>\n

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