Aaibaarheidsfactor (literally, "caressability factor"[1] The term has also been translated as "strokeability,"[2] which, in turn, compares to the English expression "puppy dog appeal"[3]) is a term invented by the Dutch author Rudy Kousbroek. The term indicates to which extent an animal (and, by extension, other material objects) is pleasurable to the touch. Especially cats have high caressability factors,[4] as do dogs and other mammals; fish and frogs have low caressability factors. The term has found widespread use, and is now applied to inanimate objects such as iPods and cars.[5]
Origin
editRudy Kousbroek coined the term in a 1969 book of the same name,[6] inspired, he says, by his daughter, Hepzibah, who illustrated the book.[7] Kousbroek, who often wrote on scientific topics, used the term as a "semi-scientific" means of classifying the animal kingdom; it is fitting that a Dutch author would invent such terminology given the interest in cats in the work of major Dutch authors, such as Willem Frederik Hermans, Jan Wolkers, and Remco Campert.[8]
Creatures with high caressability factors
editReferences
edit- ^ Marlies Philippa, "The Treatment of Loanwords in the New Etymological Dictionary of the Dutch Language," in Bremmer, Rolf Hendrik (1993). Current trends in West Germanic etymological lexicography: proceedings of the symposium held in Amsterdam, 12-13 June 1989. Leiden: Brill. pp. 47–56. ISBN 9789004097087.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) p. 47. - ^ Devoldere, Luc (2005). The Low Countries: arts and society in Flanders and the Netherlands. Stichting Ons Erfdeel. p. 228. ISBN 9789075862751.
- ^ Edge, Martin (1999). The underwater photographer. Focal Press. p. 189. ISBN 9780240515816.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Coster, Marc de (2002). Woordenboek van populaire uitdrukkingen, clichés, kreten en slogans. SDU. p. 17. ISBN 9789012092661.
- ^ Inia, Alexander (2009-09-10). "Komt het dan toch goed met de Mito QV?". Autoweek (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-10-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Kousbroek, Rudy (1969). De Aaibaarheidsfactor, gevolgd door Die Wacht am IJskast. Amsterdam: Thomas Rap.
- ^ Kottman, Pieter (2009-08-21). "'Kennis gaat boven geloof'". De Standaard (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-10-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Blom, Onno (2009-03-07). "De poes is een mens van hogere orde: Onno Blom over de kattenliefde van Hermans, Wolkers, Pointl en Kousbroek". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2009-10-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Brans, Gijs (2009-02-28). "Plant boomgaard voor dassen". Het Nieuwsblad - Gemeente Leuven. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Meer zeehond op menu's in Canada". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2009-09-29. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Lefevre, Alex (2002). Vleermuizen; Een kriebelboek. NBD Biblion. p. 3. ISBN 9789059540040.
- ^ "In tegenstelling tot veel andere gehandicapte kinderen, hebben jonge ‘mongooltjes’ een hoge aaibaarheidsfactor: ze doen – misschien nog wel meer dan andere kleine kinderen – een appél op beschermende én regressieve impulsen." Jet Isarin, "Als het maar gezond is. Over ongelukkige kinderen, ongelukkige ouders en ongelukkige beslissingen," in Hillekens, C. (2003). Kind naar keuze. Naar een nieuwe eugenetica (PDF). Zoetermeer: Meinema.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Groenendijk, J.N.A. (1997). Public relations: beleid, organisatie en uitvoering. Kluwer. p. 270. ISBN 9789014054353.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Van de Camp en Madlener verlaten Kamer". Trouw (in Dutch). 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
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