uitwaaien
Language: Dutch · [ˈœytʋaːjən] · Pronunciation: OWT-vy-en
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Pronunciation: marcel coenders · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
to walk in the wind until your head is blown clear
The story
The Dutch prescribe it like medicine: on a grey Sunday you drive to the coast to uitwaaien, to stand in a North Sea gale until your head is rinsed out. It is a perfectly normal weekend plan; colleagues nod approvingly. English airs a room, or a grievance; the Dutch air themselves.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Dutch
- What does it literally say?
- Out-blowing
- Where would you hear it?
- A windswept beach in North Holland
- What does it mean?
- Clearing your head in the wind
How it went
Round two, literally, was where most points went.
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