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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of spruitjes + geur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsprœy̯t.jəs.ɣøːr/
- Hyphenation: spruit‧jes‧geur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Noun
spruitjesgeur m (plural spruitjesgeuren, diminutive spruitjesgeurtje n)
- smell produced when overcooking Brussels sprouts
- (figuratively) a mindset or ambiance characterized by narrowmindedness; parochialism, provincialism
2022 October 13, Peter Rehwinkel, “Juliana drukte een stempel op de vorige eeuw”, in Het Parool:Het koningschap van Juliana lijkt door spruitjesgeur omgeven, vaak zonder kennis van hoe Wim T. Schippers haar die groente schoonmakend op tv toonde.- Juliana’s monarchy seems to be surrounded by provincialism, often without awareness of how Wim T. Schippers showed her cleaning on TV.
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