RTL reality series Oh oh sherso He has had a lasting impact on the Dutch language. This was stated by Editor-in-Chief Tun Den Boon Fat Van Dale Saturday evening on the radio show Follow the spot.
According to Den Boon, many of the interesting abbreviations that were used in the series and later became known at the national level, are still common in youth language, especially after more than ten years.
in Oh oh sherso It followed a group of residents of The Hague who went on holiday to the Greek seaside resort of Hersonissos. The reality series on RTL 5 was a huge success and attracted one and a half million viewers per episode in the first season. There were three other series in which the holidays were celebrated in Tyrol and Majorca. The last series aired in 2016.
“Oh oh sherso “It has come to symbolize a group of people who like to holiday in an accessible way and have a lot of fun in terms of drink and sex,” said den Boon.
It is noted that this term is stuck in the language of young people. Although the show has not been shown on television for eight years. “Kids who are currently taking their final exams are still searching for that Oh oh sherso-feeling.”
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The linguist finds it particularly surprising that many of the terms that were used regularly on the show are still alive among teenagers.
Den Boon mentioned the terms PINO, which means “interesting sexual object”, ODOL as an alternative to describe morning erection, and WOKNOK, which is the feminine alternative to morning erection, as examples.
Editor-in-chief of the newspaper van del “It’s not the most elegant of terms,” she admitted, “but it has entered permanently into the youth vernacular. Usually such terms eventually disappear again. But it amazes me how much these linguistic forms still exist, even in the media.”
The words mentioned are not yet included in van delDen Boon added.
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