Borgerokko

Dutch

Etymology

Blend of Borgerhout +‎ Marokko

Earliest attestation from a 1985 song by the Antwerp band De Strangers, named "Borgeri-Borgerhout-Borgerocco".

The right-wing Antwerp satirical magazine 't Pallieterke started using the term in 1988 or earlier; it was for a while mainly used in a derogatory way, most notably by the Vlaams Blok, to indicate alienation.

Now self-appropriated by the locals of Moroccan descent in a humorous way.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bor‧ger‧ok‧ko

Proper noun

Borgerokko n

1. (Belgium, originally derogatory, now mostly humorous) nickname for Borgerhout, a district of Antwerp, because of its large Moroccan population

Related terms

• Borgerokkaan
• Borgerokkanen
• Barokkaanse