spuit elf
Pronunciation: /spœy̯t ˈɛlf/
“spuit elf” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- a nobody who is late in commenting or catching up, often one whose comment is ignorant or irrelevant
Etymology
Uncertain. Literally, “hose eleven”; referring to the eleventh fire company. Querido glosses it as “mud hose”, compare spuit elf geeft ook modder, but why “eleven” is linked to “mud” is unclear. Hypotheses include: * from the concept of 11 as a crazy or incomplete number, not quite a dozen (cf. gekkengetal); * from an old firefighting figure of speech: by the time the eleventh fire hose arrives…
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