apenrots
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Dutch
Etymology
From aap (“monkey”) + rots (“rock”).
Pronunciation
Noun
apenrots f (plural apenrotsen, diminutive apenrotsje n)
- a rock on which monkeys live
- 1938 January 8, "Rotterdam krijgt een nieuwe moderne diergaarde", Leeuwarder Nieuwsblad, issue 8919, second edition, page 4.
- Hier zal een moderne dierentuin verrijzen met roofdierenterrassen, apenrotsen en alles wat verder tot de inventaris behoort.
- A modern zoo is going to be built here with enclosures for predators, monkey rocks and everything else that belongs to the inventory.
- 1938 January 8, "Rotterdam krijgt een nieuwe moderne diergaarde", Leeuwarder Nieuwsblad, issue 8919, second edition, page 4.
- (figurative, derogatory) a hierarchical world in which similar individuals live or work and which can appear silly from the perspective of an outsider, like the corporate world or the political world
- 2018 February 21, Hessel de Ree, “Geen vervolging hoofdofficier en burgemeester na smaadklacht Klaas Otto”, in Algemeen Dagblad:
- Ook zei Van der Voort dat 'Holleeder lager op de criminele apenrots zit dan de oprichter van No Surrender. Klaas heeft Willem uit de club gezet'.
- Van der Voort also said that "Holleeder is on a lower rung of the criminal hierarchy than the founder of No Surrender. Klaas threw Willem out of the club."