kapsalon
Dutch
FWOTD – 4 February 2021

Kapsalon (the snack).
Etymology
Compound of kappen + salon, calque of French salon de coiffure. The snack sense originated in 2003; it was popularized by the owner of a barber shop in Rotterdam, who used to order it as a custom snack at a local fast food joint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑp.saːˌlɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: kap‧sa‧lon
Noun
kapsalon m or n (plural kapsalons, diminutive kapsalonnetje n)
- barber shop, hair salon [from 19th c.]
- 1876 May 15, “Roggestraat, E. 268”, in Arnhemsche Courant, volume 63, number 6874, page 2:
- […] Bezoek getrouw zijn kapsalon , / Gedachtig steeds aan Absalon ,[sic] / Koop veel , koop heel zijn winkel uit , / Zoo fraai door goud en spiegelruit ; […]
- […] Frequent his barbershop faithfully, / Remembering Absalom continuously, / Buy lots, buy till his shop's sold out, / So gorgeous with gold and mirror panes; […]
- a type of fast food, consisting of fries topped with doner or shawarma meat, grilled with cheese and covered with salad; similar to a halal snack pack or munchy box [from 21st c.]
- 2016 December 15, “Snackbar in Breda serveert kapsalon van een meter”, in Algemeen Dagblad:
- Het duo heeft zojuist de enige echte meter kapsalon op en werd naar de Kwalitaria in Breda gelokt door een facebookpost en een foto van de gigantische kapsalonhap op 5 december.
- The two have just eaten the one true metre-long kapsalon and was lured to the Kwalitaria in Breda by a Facebook post and a photograph of the giant kapsalon snack from December 5th.
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