Not me but my whole country
Every year, Van Dale, Belgiums most respected dictionary, elects the 'Word of the Year'. The winner for 2008 is 'swaffelen'.

It's a verb which means "to delibarately swing a penis against a person or object, with the objective of arousing oneself or another person."

Just imaging hearing that on the morning news while living there and you know why I haven't left my room since. If one of you could e-mail me some food rations, it's be much apreciated.


Proof on this link: woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl/

(I've tried running the definition through Babelfish, but was utterly disappointed by their refusal to translate the word 'geslachtsdeel'. It's the most polite and SFW term for 'male genitalia'... And what the fish are bindweeds???)
(Poezestrepe, Mon 16 Mar 2009, 19:59, 5 replies)

I bet being able to say that you work for
"Belgium's most respected dictionary" is a sure-fire ticket to some hot swaffelen.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Tue 17 Mar 2009, 4:13, closed)

It's a Dutch dictionary not a Belgian one, isn't it?
(username1, Tue 17 Mar 2009, 9:28, closed)

No it's not,
Van Dale is Flemish Belgian. Flemish is very similar to Dutch (just like American and English really)
(47_monkeys, Tue 17 Mar 2009, 11:18, closed)

true
though I believe swaffelen only made it to the Belgian edition (it's more like American and British English), not the Netherlands one (which we generally refer to as the Dutch one)
(Poezestrepe, Tue 17 Mar 2009, 20:28, closed)

frottage
swaffelen - is this akin to the ol' frottage?
(gettin'stupid, Wed 18 Mar 2009, 13:22, closed)