broodje aap

Dutch

Etymology

From Broodje Aap. De folklore van de post-industriële samenleving, a book by Ethel Portnoy from 1978 in which she collected several urban legends, including one about a hotdog factory processing primates in their hotdogs. Literally “breadroll with monkey”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbroːt.jə ˈaːp/
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Noun

broodje aap n (plural broodjes aap)

  1. An urban legend (false anecdotal story presented as true spread through informal communication).
    Synonym: broodjeaapverhaal

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