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Dutch
Etymology
Second half of the 20th century; first mentioned in 1974.[1] From blits (“fashionable, modern”) + kikker (“frog”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɪtsˌkɪ.kər/
- Hyphenation: blits‧kik‧ker
Noun
blitskikker m (plural blitskikkers, diminutive blitskikkertje n)
- (informal, Netherlands) a (usually young) person who follows fashion very closely, fashionista
- 1967 August 12, Inez van Eyk, "De taal van de ruige blitskikkers", Algemeen Handelsblad (supplement), page 15.
1983 December 27, Dick Heuvelman, “Apart op dinsdag”, in Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (editie stad Groningen en Haren), volume 96, number 304, page 23:De ontvanger in Veendam schijnt volgens een zegsman een snelle jongen te zijn. Een blitskikker, een streber ook.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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