Swaffelen
Swaffelen(orzwaffelenordick-slap) is aDutchterm meaning to hit one's soft or semi-hardpenis- often repeatedly - against an object or another person's body.Swaffelenwas named as the word of the year in theNetherlandsandBelgiumin 2008.
The act ofswaffelenoften takes place in the form of teasing, crude humor, or a degrading context, but can also be asexual act.When the act is practiced on a person, it is often the person's cheek that is hit with the flaccid or semi-hard penis.
Origin[edit]
The term "swaffelen"is believed to have originated in English-speaking areas.[1]It is believed to originate from Dutch words meaning swing, sway and swoop, as well as theGermanwords for tail or penis (Schweif and Schwanz).[1][2]
Media-coverage[edit]
In April 2008, the term received wide media-attention in the Netherlands andBelgium,[3][4]when a Dutch student committed the act on theTaj Mahaland uploaded the video toYouTube.The student was suspended for this action.[5][6]
In response, theBNNTV programSpuiten en Slikkeninvited viewers to make their own videos of other objects being swaffeled. They also called for aBNN Nationale Swaffeldag(BNN National Swaffel Day) to be declared.[7]TheRoyal Palace of Amsterdamand theBasilica of Saint ServatiusinMaastrichtwere among the objects swaffeled in the submissions.
In 2015 a firefighter inEnkhuizenwas fired for swaffeling a colleague.[8]
When the topic of swearing in various languages arose, in episode 4, series N, of the British panel showQI,one of the show's panelists,Jeremy Clarkson,mentioned the word,[9]defining it as meaning,specifically,"...to bang your penis against theTaj Mahal."
On episode 5 of theAmazon VideoshowThe Grand Tour,Jeremy Clarkson again defined it as "to bang your gentleman sausage... on the side of the Taj Mahal".
Word of the year[edit]
Swaffelenwas voted as the word of the year in a 2008 competition organized byGenootschap Onze Taal(Society for our Language),Van Dale Uitgevers(Van Dale Publishers) and the newspaperDe Pers.[1][2][10]The blogGeenStijlencouraged readers to vote for "swaffelen".[11]"Swaffelen"received 57% of the votes while" wiiën "(meaning to playWii) drew 12% and "bankendomino" (referring to the credit crisis) received 6% of the votes. "Gastroseksueel" and "smirten" each received 5% of the vote.[12]
Turkey-slap[edit]
Turkey-slapis another term forswaffelen.The phrase gained notoriety inAustraliaduring 2006, after two male contestants, Ashley Cox and John Bric, in theBig Brotherreality TV series performed the act on a female housemate, Camilla Severi. In the ensuing controversy, the male housemates were expelled from the house and contest for violating the show's terms of agreement.[13][14]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abc"Dutch pick penis-shaking term as top word".UPI.17 December 2008.Retrieved18 May2012.
- ^ab"Swaffelen is Dutch word of the year".Dutch News.Expatica. 15 December 2008.Retrieved18 May2012.
- ^"Swaffelen woord van het jaar".Het Nieuwsblad(in Flemish). 15 December 2008.Retrieved2022-01-23.
- ^(in Dutch)Algemeen Dagblad, 14 april 2008: Zaak 'swaffelaar' erg opgeblazen. "
- ^"Student van school wegens 'swaffelen'".Trouw(in Dutch). 2008-04-09.Retrieved2022-01-23.
- ^"Student van school wegens 'swaffelen'".Algemeen Dagblad(in Dutch). 9 April 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 2010-04-08.Retrieved8 April2010.
- ^(in Dutch)BNN-uitzending over deBNN Nationale Swaffeldagop YouTube.
- ^Kooijman, Tim (January 12, 2015)."Ontslag voor brandweerman na swaffelen van collega".AD.Retrieved8 March2015.
- ^rockattack (2016-11-13),Jeremy Clarkson on Dutch swear words (BBC Qi),retrieved2017-01-03
- ^(in Dutch)De Volkskrant,15 december 2008: "Swaffelen woord van het jaar."
- ^(in Dutch)De Pers,16 december 2008. Door Sjoerd de Vries. "Swaffelen is de favoriet."
- ^(in Dutch)Woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl,uitslag verkiezing
- ^Darren Cartwright (April 27, 2007)."Big Brother turkey-slap baby".The Daily Telegraph.News Limited.Archived fromthe originalon 18 March 2009.Retrieved28 August2010.
- ^"Big Brother Turkey Slap Transcript".duncanriley.Retrieved18 October2016.