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More Brussels dialect words explained:
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Afschrabsel - afschrabben
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removal by scratching - to remove / to scractch
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Taking care of a matter (Literally: Taking the external of a boiled egg)
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Onion,.. also used to name a stupid person
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A stop-word similar to the english word “so” - also used to express surprize “gosh”.
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A person who likes to go on brabbling, talking a lot.
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A un-natural child,... similar to “bastard”.
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Animal - wild animal / also “a brutal person”
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Shine brightly - or when you’re all tidied up to go to a party you have to “blinquér”.
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A sausige based on meat, wheat and blood.
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Grandma - also to name a gentle old lady.
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To have a “boentje” (a bean) for someone means “Liking him/her a lot”.
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Not speaking fluently - a person not speaking fluently
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Garbage - not worth anything
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A salesman selling bad products
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House of pleasure (subjective) - an pub where you can grab a bite (objective)
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Non sense - taking non sense
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Eatable snales - still sold on street corners
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A tough man, an impressive person
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Chic - Bon chic bon genre
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High society - wanna be high society
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Gazing (at something at someone)
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“male poeltry” (couceloere = the noise it makes)
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Friendly name: “my dear”, “my precious”, “honey bee”,...
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Arrogant, someone who is acting superior
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Dry liver - meaning “I’m thursty” - I have a “druuge lèver”.
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Good for nothing - also more friendly naming a kinda “Huckleberry Finn” person.
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Ding something without others knowing it.
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Ette fretter - Hette frette
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Literally: “Eating up your heart” - always complaining - nagging.
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Literal traduction of Flemish “Van zijn neus maken” means complaining
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Standing in the line - waiting
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Spontanious low fermented beer - basis of Geuze - with sugar.
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Raw chopped steak - I’ll make ‘filet American’ of you - means: “I’ll hurt you badly’.
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Some textile hanging - on a string.
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A Flemish - upper class - person speaking French in public as a token of superiority.
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Ars l!kker - trying to be in someone’s gratitude “rubbing the sleeve of his/her shirt”
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Behind the back - not trustworthy
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Fainting (literally: falling in the potatoes)
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The nickname of a Brusseleir (literally: Chicken eater)
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Hen house - where poeltry live
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Where lots of people are assembled and loudly speak all at once. No one can hear what the other says. Something like a house of parliament or a senate.
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Meaning: arseh0le (literally: “The skin around test!cles)
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Rented room for a student
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The (female) housekeeper of the student’s room
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Krimineilstrontzat - StrontKrimineilZat
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Totally drunk (SKZ on a medical file means that you entered the ER totally drunk)
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A noisy person - a loud disturbing person
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A physically handicapped person - literally: limb legged
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Madam - Mademoiselle - a young woman
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Meaning: “You’re some kinda disturbing” - also friendly used. “Godverdoeme se mettekoo”
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A mule - also used as an insult
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Moutche - maa moutche - mou ma
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French say “Quatre vingt dix” (4 x 20 + 10) - Brusseleirs logically say 90 ;-)
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Hanging on a bar - drinking a lot
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Literally a small cake with lotse cream - used to name a weirdly acting person.
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The wooden case used to play the dices
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White cheese - also named a person’s skin colour that is not sun-tanned
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An ar$eh0le (schaiten means to sh!t - pot means jar - or kettle.)
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Pation - making love. Literally: Rolling over each other.
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I’m gone, going away. I’m “schampavie”.
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A moment of physical disturbance
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Where do you think the word “snotnose” comes from?
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Dirtbag - in all it’s perceptions ;-)
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Not very bright person - kinda stupid
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Stoef stinkt - Aaige stoef stinkt
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Expression: “Bragging - about yourself - smells bad”.
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A person that acts/lives like a parasite. (Licking in anothers dinner)
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Tirer son plan
Tirer son houbble
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Not needing anyone to help.
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