stresskonijn
Dutch
FWOTD – 3 February 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɛs.koː.nɛi̯n/
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Noun
stresskonijn n (plural stresskonijnen, diminutive stresskonijntje n)
- (informal) Someone who is often anxious or prone to stress, a neurotic person. Literally, a stress-rabbit.
- Sinds ze met haar studie begonnen is, is mijn zus echt een stresskonijn geworden.
- Since she started her degree, my sister has really become stressed-out.
- Dewulf, David, Mindfulness voor jongeren (2012):
- Zal ik al dat werk wel afkrijgen? Ik voel me een echt stresskonijn!
- Will I get all that work done? I feel like a real neurotic!
Hyponyms
- (stress-prone woman): stresskip
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