Belgium· informal

dikkenek

Meaning

a boastful show-off

Elsewhere

vantard

Explanation

A Belgian show-off is a dikkenek, a thick neck, borrowed from Dutch. France would say vantard.

Example

Arrête de jouer les dikkeneks, tout le monde sait déjà que t’as gagné.

Stop being such a show-off, everyone already knows you won.

Origin

From Dutch dikkenek, a compound of dik (fat, thick) and nek (neck).

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