17 words we need to ban

Certain words make my neck hairs stand on end. That feeling of total bewilderment because you can hardly comprehend that someone just pronounced that one word seriously out loud. How much I can get annoyed by people who, for example, diminish every word. And is it just me or is this happening more and more? Is this some kind of trend? If so, let's please scrap that trend very quickly. Let's just eliminate the following words altogether.

1. ‘Priem’

This refers to ‘prima’. Why on earth would you turn this into priem? It still has the same number of letters, it just sounds much more annoying. Prima is just prima.

2. ‘Heerlie’ or even worse: ‘heerlie de peerlie’ aka ‘hdp’

As I type this, I already get the creeps. Doesn't this sound mega childish? There's absolutely nothing wrong with ‘heerlijk’.

3. ‘Papadag’

Well, I just think this is a silly word, because does that mean every other day of the week is ‘mamadag’? What nonsense. I hope this term disappears very soon.

4. ‘Centjes’

Just say ‘geld’. Centjes sounds more like you're talking about fake money. I immediately think of those chocolate coins you used to get in your shoe during Sinterklaas.

5. ‘Mop’

Sorry, but I just find this so flat. Lieverd and schat aren't necessarily great either, but everything is better than mop or moppie.

6. ‘Babe’

Okay, I actually find this even worse than mop. ‘Hey babe’ gets thrown at me sometimes. Just don't do it anymore.

7. ‘Topper’

I use the word ‘top’ quite often myself, although I find ‘super’ just a bit nicer. But the word topper, I really find awful. ‘Thanks topper!’ or: ‘You are really a topper.’ Well, it's always meant well, but it still makes me a bit uncomfortable.

8. ‘Resto’

‘Are you reserving at a resto tonight?’ Yes, this word is seriously used. ‘Restaurant’ apparently suddenly is too complicated to say fully.

9. ‘Esma’

Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of an Espresso Martini, but this abbreviation really goes too far for me.

10. ‘Lawa’

If someone asks you to make a lawa together, it means a long walk. Aside from the fact that no one is waiting for a long walk, no one is waiting for a friend who uses this word either.

11. ‘Noma’

This apparently refers to the Noordermarkt in Amsterdam. I guess these kinds of abbreviations originate in student houses or at the corps's shop. Well, that says more than enough.

12. ‘Teut’

You are completely drunk or tipsy, but dear people, please never say again that you are a bit teut.

13. ‘Mensenmens’

‘I am really a mensenmens.’ The people who say this about themselves I trust the least of all. What are you then if you are not? A misanthrope?

14. ‘Klok’

A clock hangs on the wall and a watch is on your wrist. People who say klok and actually mean their watch really don't get it.

15. ‘Fraai’

When I hear this word, I see someone with their head held high and drooping mouth corners in front of me. It's also a bit outdated, isn't it?

16. ‘Bizar’

Unfortunately, I also use this word very often myself, while I actually find it a terrible word, especially when pronounced as BI-ZAR. This fits in the list of WAAN-ZINNIG.

17. ‘Vrijen’

This term for going to bed together seems too medieval to me. ‘Neuken’ is of course also terribly crude and blunt. Actually, ‘going to bed together’ is just fine as it is.