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Dutch
Etymology
Blend of Borgerhout + Marokko
Earliest attestation from a 1985 song by the Antwerp band De Strangers, named "Borgeri-Borgerhout-Borgerocco".
The right-wing Antwerp satirical magazine 't Pallieterke started using the term in 1988 or earlier; it was for a while mainly used in a derogatory way, most notably by the Vlaams Blok, to indicate alienation.
Now self-appropriated by the locals of Moroccan descent in a humorous way.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bor‧ger‧ok‧ko
Proper noun
Borgerokko n
- (Belgium, originally derogatory, now mostly humorous) Nickname for Borgerhout, a district of Antwerp, because of its large Moroccan population.