Dutch word of the year: swaffelen

[Wilson Gray]

Non-North-American English, I assume?

-Wilson
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On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Grant Barrett
<gbarrett at worldnewyork.org> wrote:
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>> In their annual end-of-year craze for lists and nominations, the
>> Dutch have elected the verb "swaffelen" as the word of the year. It
>> netted 57 percent of the 16,000 votes on the website hosted by Van
>> Dale Publishers, renowned for its authoritative dictionaries. The
>> word, a loan from English, is not generally known and many wonder
>> what it means. Stop reading here if you're allergic to nudity.
>> "Swaffelen" is something only men can do. Apparently, it means 'to
>> swing one's penis, making it bump against something, in order to
>> stimulate either oneself or someone else.'
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> <http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6096161/Slang-word-elected-Dutch-Word-of-the-Year
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> The article claims the word is from English, which could be the case,
> as there are a handful of related citations for swaffle, swaffling,
> and swaffled online.
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> Grant Barrett
> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
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