broodje aap
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]broodje aap n (plural broodjes aap)
- an urban legend (false anecdotal story presented as true spread through informal communication)
- Synonym: broodjeaapverhaal