Talk:handige jongen

RFD discussion: June 2020–February 2021
Dutch, the definition is slightly off but it's basically a SOP of handig (sense 2) + jongen (sense 4). ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the given definition had been correct this wouldn't have been a SOP, but it is indeed wrong. As I've heard the term used, the adjective in this combination often means, rather, “resourceful”, “able to navigate situations”, an antonym of also in social situations, a sense I do not find back at  except as sense 3 – but as currently defined that sense sounds somewhat critical, while classifying someone as a handige jongen is, I think, mostly meant in a complimentary sense.  --Lambiam 16:32, 29 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fay Freak (talk) 20:35, 29 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep, keep, keep. - Dentonius (my politics | talk) 08:44, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Why? As I wrote in the nomination, the definition is not correct. This means either "dextrous/handy guy/boy" or "clever guy/boy". You wouldn't use this as a job description for someone, that would be . Whether calling a "handyman" handige jongen is appropriate is really context-dependent; in some cases the handyman might well punch someone in the face for saying it. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  16:06, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * LBD, is there anything you can do to fix the definition? &mdash; Dentonius 16:10, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. —Μετάknowledge discuss/deeds 00:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 21:12, 11 February 2021 (UTC)