Dutch Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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gedogen n. Jonquiere also thinks there is something innately Dutch about supporting euthanasia. He links it to the Dutch concept of gedogen, which he says roughly translates as tolerance of even legally dubious practices, as long as they can be morally justified. [Dutch] [full cite] (Sep. 14, 2005)

polder model n. For years Holland was governed under the so-called “polder model” with differences submerged as consensual coalition government did deals with unions and other interest groups. [Dutch Politics] [full cite] (May. 20, 2005)

shamburger n. At the South Bank Polytechnic, a team of food scientists is labouring to produce a bean burger made of tempeh (fermented rice and soya beans). They call it a Shamburger. I call it a shame. [Dutch Food & Drink Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 16, 2006)

snoezelen n. In literature a multisensory environment is sometimes referred to as “Snoezelen,” derived from two Dutch words meaning “to smell” and “to doze.” This is mainly due to the fact that it was first developed in the Netherlands on the premise that while working with an individual with severe or profound disabilities, an appeal to primary sensations was more powerful than any appeal to intellectual capabilities. [Dutch] [full cite] (May. 2, 2005)

soft-story adj. City officials have decided to speed an analysis of what to do about so-called soft-story buildings because the wood-frame structures are ubiquitous in San Francisco - possibly numbering in the tens of thousands - and probably represent a greater risk simply because of their numbers. [Dutch Construction & Buildings Slang] [full cite] (Jul. 31, 2008)

woonerf n. Those plans, rooted as much in philosophy as in design, draw inspiration from an item with the unlikely name of woonerfs (Dutch for “living streets”). Woonerfs are traffic systems in the Netherlands that seek to sand away the sharp boundary between driver and pedestrian, and create space that makes streets more welcoming for walkers. [Dutch Automobiles & Transportation Urban Planning & Zoning] [full cite] (Jul. 29, 2007)

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