Sure, you can order a pommes-frites with curry ketchup and pronounce Dries Van Noten's name without a hitch. But can you really get by in Belgium? Our Slang Dictionary will make sure of it.
You know how clothes in storage can get all moldy and moth-eaten? Well, in Flanders, they figured this would be the perfect metaphor to describe both what it feels like to be nauseous or unwell, and when something or someone is not too easy on the eyes… So, when you start imbibing too much of those delicious Belgian beers, make sure you don’t go home with the mottige guy or girl in the bar, and drink enough water so you don’t feel too mottig the next day!
Example sentences:
1. Make sure you don’t go home with that mottige dude. / Zorg maar dat ge niet naar huis gaat met die mottige gast!
2. I shouldn’t have had that much beer; I feel really mottig today. / Ik had niet zoveel pinten moeten drinken, ik voel mij echt mottig vandaag.
We'll be rolling out more Belgian slang throughout the summer! Submit your own words to WEBSTORE@OPENINGCEREMONY.US with the subject line "Belgian Slang".![]()
You know how clothes in storage can get all moldy and moth-eaten? Well, in Flanders, they figured this would be the perfect metaphor to describe both what it feels like to be nauseous or unwell, and when something or someone is not too easy on the eyes… So, when you start imbibing too much of those delicious Belgian beers, make sure you don’t go home with the mottige guy or girl in the bar, and drink enough water so you don’t feel too mottig the next day!
Example sentences:
1. Make sure you don’t go home with that mottige dude. / Zorg maar dat ge niet naar huis gaat met die mottige gast!
2. I shouldn’t have had that much beer; I feel really mottig today. / Ik had niet zoveel pinten moeten drinken, ik voel mij echt mottig vandaag.
We'll be rolling out more Belgian slang throughout the summer! Submit your own words to WEBSTORE@OPENINGCEREMONY.US with the subject line "Belgian Slang".
