broodje aap

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “breadroll with monkey”. 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.

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

Derived terms

• broodjeaapverhaal