Swaffelen

{{Lang|nl|Swaffelen}} (or {{Lang|nl|zwaffelen}}, similar to "dick-slap"{{cite news |title=Swaffelen, Shrimping & Co: Four strange sex terms that you can add to your vocabulary and bedroom |url=https://www.gq.co.za/sex-relationships/swaffelen-shrimping-and-co-four-strange-sex-terms-that-you-can-add-to-your-vocabulary-and-bedroom-cae486a7-55bc-43a5-8c57-202770434bfa |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=GQ |date=14 August 2022 |language=en}}) is to hit one's soft or semi-hard penis — often repeatedly — against an object or another person's body. {{Lang|nl|Swaffelen}} is Dutch and was named as the word of the year in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2008.

The act of {{Lang|nl|swaffelen}} often takes place in the form of teasing, crude humor, or a degrading context, but it can also be a sexual act. When the act is practiced on a person, it is often the person's cheek that is hit with the flaccid or semi-hard penis. Similar terms exist in other languages.

Origin

The term "{{Lang|nl|swaffelen}}" is believed to have originated in English-speaking areas.{{cite news |date=17 December 2008 |title=Dutch pick penis-shaking term as top word |url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/12/17/Dutch-pick-penis-shaking-term-as-top-word/UPI-73411229494794/ |access-date=18 May 2012 |newspaper=UPI}} It is believed to originate from Dutch words meaning swing, sway and swoop, as well as the German words for tail or penis (Schweif and Schwanz).{{cite web |date=15 December 2008 |title=Swaffelen is Dutch word of the year |url=http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Dutch-word-of-the-year-is-swaffelen.html |access-date=18 May 2012 |work=Dutch News |publisher=Expatica}}

Australia (turkey-slap)

Turkey-slap is another term for {{Lang|nl|swaffelen}}.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The phrase gained notoriety in Australia during 2006, after two male contestants, Ashley Cox and John Bric, in the Big Brother reality TV series performed the act on a female housemate, Camilla Severi. In the ensuing controversy, the male housemates were expelled from the house and contest for violating the show's terms of agreement.{{cite news|author=Darren Cartwright|date=April 27, 2007|title=Big Brother turkey-slap baby|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=News Limited|url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21630096-5012853,00.html|access-date=28 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318153323/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21630096-5012853,00.html|archive-date=18 March 2009}}{{cite web|title=Big Brother Turkey Slap Transcript|url=http://www.duncanriley.com/big-brother-turkey-slap-transcript/|website=duncanriley.com|access-date=18 October 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Cunningham |first1=Katie |title='It was pretty scary': the Big Brother 'turkey slap' that rocked reality TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jan/31/it-was-pretty-scary-the-big-brother-turkey-slap-that-rocked-reality-tv |access-date=15 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=31 January 2020}}

Netherlands (swaffelen)

In April 2008, the term received wide media-attention in the Netherlands and Belgium,{{Cite web |date=15 December 2008 |title=Swaffelen woord van het jaar |url=https://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf16122008_004 |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=Het Nieuwsblad |language=nl-BE}}{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Binnenland/article/detail/303064/2008/04/14/Zaak-swaffelaar-erg-opgeblazen.dhtml Algemeen Dagblad, 14 april 2008: Zaak 'swaffelaar' erg opgeblazen."] when a Dutch student committed the act on the Taj Mahal and uploaded the video to YouTube. The student was suspended for this action.{{Cite web |date=2008-04-09 |title=Student van school wegens 'swaffelen' |url=https://www.trouw.nl/gs-b558cdec |access-date=2022-01-23 |website=Trouw |language=nl}}{{Cite news |date=9 April 2008 |title=Student van school wegens 'swaffelen' |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/256983/2008/04/09/Student-van-school-wegens-swaffelen.dhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408234501/http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1038/Rotterdam/article/detail/256983/2008/04/09/Student-van-school-wegens-swaffelen.dhtml |archive-date=2010-04-08 |access-date=8 April 2010 |work=Algemeen Dagblad |language=nl}}

In response, the BNN TV program Spuiten en Slikken invited viewers to make their own videos of other objects being swaffeled. They also called for a BNN Nationale Swaffeldag (BNN National Swaffel Day) to be declared.{{in lang|nl}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZS4LageGlQ BNN-uitzending over de BNN Nationale Swaffeldag op YouTube.] The Royal Palace of Amsterdam and the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht were among the objects swaffeled in the submissions.

In 2015 a firefighter in Enkhuizen was fired for swaffeling a colleague.{{cite news |last1=Kooijman |first1=Tim |date=January 12, 2015 |title=Ontslag voor brandweerman na swaffelen van collega |url=http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/1012/Nederland/article/detail/3827964/2015/01/12/Ontslag-voor-brandweerman-na-swaffelen-van-collega.dhtml |access-date=8 March 2015 |work=AD}}

When the topic of swearing in various languages arose, in episode 4, series N, of the British panel show QI, one of the show's panelists, Jeremy Clarkson, mentioned the word,{{Citation |last=rockattack |title=Jeremy Clarkson on Dutch swear words (BBC Qi) |date=2016-11-13 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2dhjDE2Ro |access-date=2017-01-03}} defining it as "...to bang your penis against the Taj Mahal."

= Word of the year =

{{Lang|nl|Swaffelen}} was voted as the word of the year in a 2008 competition organized by {{Lang|nl|Genootschap Onze Taal|italic=no}} (Society for our Language), {{ill|Van Dale Uitgevers|nl}} (Van Dale Publishers) and the newspaper {{Lang|nl|De Pers}}.{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1108992.ece/Swaffelen_woord_van_het_jaar De Volkskrant, 15 december 2008: "Swaffelen woord van het jaar."] The blog {{Lang|nl|GeenStijl|italic=no}} encouraged readers to vote for "{{Lang|nl|swaffelen}}".{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/270096/Swaffelen-is-de-favoriet.html {{Lang|nl|De Pers}}, 16 december 2008. Door Sjoerd de Vries. "{{Lang|nl|Swaffelen is de favoriet|italic=no}}."] "{{Lang|nl|Swaffelen}}" received 57% of the votes while "wiiën" (meaning to play Wii) drew 12% and "bankendomino" (referring to the credit crisis) received 6% of the votes. "Gastroseksueel" and "smirten" each received 5% of the vote.{{in lang|nl}} [http://woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl/ Woordvanhetjaar.vandale.nl, uitslag verkiezing]

Sweden (ollning){{anchor|Ollning}}

In Sweden, a similar act is ollning, which roughly translates to "glans-ing" ({{langx|sv|att olla}} = "to glans-e"), which is the act of touching or rubbing the penis tip against something, typically exotic places or places which others will touch.{{cite news |last1=Jutbring |first1=Kitty |author1-link=Kitty Jutbring |date=9 July 2009 |title=Min kompis ollade Claes Månsson på nacken |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/kolumnister/a/VRxe74/min-kompis-ollade-claes-mansson-pa-nacken |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}

The act is said to be facetious, but can be perceived as gross and sexual, and can be prosecuted as molestation as a punishable offense.{{cite news |last1=Gunnars |first1=Lena |date=3 October 2011 |title=Bloggande polisen får stöd av Polisförbundet |url=https://www.lag-avtal.se/domsreferat/bloggande-polisen-far-stod-av-polisforbundet/1658207 |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=Lag & Avtal |language=sv-SE}}{{cite news |last1=Granlund |first1=Fredrik |date=14 June 2010 |title=Anonymitet - orsaken till skitsnacket på internet? |url=https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/inloggad/anonymitet-orsaken-till-skitsnacket-pa-internet-9/ |access-date=13 December 2024 |work=Expressen |language=sv}}