burgerrups
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From burger (“middle-class person”) + rups (“caterpillar”).
Noun[edit]
burgerrups f (plural burgerrupsen, diminutive burgerrupsje n)
- (Netherlands, university slang, humorous, somewhat derogatory) Synonym of trein (“train”)
Usage notes[edit]
- The word is associated with kakker students, who affect an elitist, upper-class attitude of superiority with regards to the middle-class (though many of them nonetheless belong to that same middle class); this explains the disdainful connotations imparted by this term.