Project X-feest and grexit are in new word of the year vote

Project X-feest, grexit and inbrekersrisico are among 10 new words nominated by the Van Dale dictionary group for the 2012 word of the year competition.


People have until December 17 to vote online for their favourite out of a list of 10.
Last year’s winner was tuigdorp – or scum village.
The 10 words are:

  • appconomie: part of the economy determined by apps
  • bangalijst: a list of ‘easy’ teenage girls
  • Facebookmoord: Facebook murder – from the high profile murder of a teenage girl by her former best friend after a row on Facebook
  • grexit: Greece’s exit from the eurozone – credited to Dutch-British Citibank banker Willem Hendrik Buiter
  • inbrekersrisico: risk run by burglars – used by junior justice minister Fred Teeven after a burglar was killed by his victim.
  • mamaporn: the Dutch version of mummy porn, inspired by 50 Shades of Grey
  • nivelleringsfeestje: reducing the income gap between rich and poor as something to be celebrated
  • project X-feest: a party gone viral – derived from the film Project X and which came true in Haren this year
  • religiestress: religious tensions in a secular society confronted by traditional religious positions
  • voetbalvrouwring: to be photographed while looking as much like a footballer’s wife as possible – invented by comedian Katinka Polderman
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