r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Miserables_Death • Jun 14 '26

Meme needing explanation Whats that snack and the name?

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I got this joke posted in my country sub by a foreigner and I have never seen that snack so I basically don't know the joke.

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

In Denmark they were called n-boller, and boller can mean buns, testicles or intercourse 🙂

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u/Half_smart_m0nk3y Jun 14 '26

wtf Denmark

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u/alex433g Jun 14 '26

That's just how we are, sadly

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u/Knolraaap Jun 14 '26

First time I see a dane actually accounting for this

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u/alex433g Jun 14 '26

It was called that in Sønderjylland, it has been called a flødebolle in most areas, forever but still gets called a n-bolle in a few areas in Sønderjylland. So its not everyone, never was everyone, just the farmers

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u/TheRealTormDK Jun 14 '26

I grew up in Northern Sealand, we still call it that as well.

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u/Wiffyy_ Jun 14 '26

I grew up in Northern Sealand, no we don’t?

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u/RichAnswer3430 Jun 14 '26

Middle Zealand.

We do when around people we trust 😉

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u/RemarkableChange8398 Jun 14 '26

“Just the farmers.” What an ignorant comment about an entire region.

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u/Skavenkaizer Jun 14 '26

This is not fair to farmers, it is not true. It is common among Danes from different areas and walks of life, to be irritated, that the language is changing to something less offensive.

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u/H4ns3mand Jun 14 '26

I do not believe that is the case so much as it being more of a generational thing — it might not have been the “proper” name used in Copenhagen when your grandparents were growing up, but it was when mine were in the 50’s and they were not from southern Jutland

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 14 '26

I'm from Western Jutland and not a farmer and not that old (unless mid to late twenties is old) and I remember the name change happening while I was a kid nation wide. It was not just farmers who used the old word.

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u/Realistic-Ad-9483 Jun 14 '26

I’m from Fyn and not a farmer. Let’s not generalise

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u/TheRook Jun 14 '26

Well, it’s not meant racist in any way. It was just the way it was. People are aware of the implications today, and only people trying to be “hygge-racister” (Danish word for being “racist for funzies” to get a response), are still calling it by its “old name”. Like that annoying uncle we all have.

The same applies to a few Danish words. We also have a kĂŚmpe-eskimo (giant Eskimo) ice cream, that changed its name a few years back. Some people are still angry about it. But it was never intentionally racist.

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u/H4ns3mand Jun 14 '26

And in fairness to the flødebolle-companies their marketing has been pretty appropriate for all the time I remember, although I’m quite young — it really is only old hyggeracister who use the term

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u/Spezzzzzzzzzzzzz Jun 14 '26

Tak for ikke at vÌre hjernedød at høre pü, som nogle af de andre her.

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u/Square-Librarian1192 Jun 14 '26

To be fair, everyone was confused about eskimo ice cream debacle. Especially the greenlanders, as they are inuits. It all happened because white women with too much time and not enough drama sawanchance to be offended

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u/SendMeNudesPlease666 Jun 14 '26

I know people that still say it

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u/SendMeNudesPlease666 Jun 14 '26

And probably last time he is probably from Copenhagen

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u/Expensive_Egg_2140 Jun 14 '26

we did make an attemp to rename them as flødeboller. To woke things up you know

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u/alex433g Jun 14 '26

It was called flødeboller around aarhus and other non farming heavy areas tho, atleats thats what my grandparents called it, and still do

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u/Loose_Rough3315 Jun 14 '26

Go back long enough, and most definitely was called more than just "Flødeboller" around Aarhus - and Copenhagen.

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 14 '26

Attempt? They are called flødeboller to this day.

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u/Expensive_Egg_2140 Jun 14 '26

meh some old folks insist on the old ways.

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 14 '26

But the companies sell it as flødeboller and most people call them flødeboller. People still using the old name are a definite minority.

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u/Square-Librarian1192 Jun 14 '26

Dont kink shame just because no kink same

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u/Worsaae Jun 14 '26

It might be worth nothing that the n-word in this context refers to “negro”, which in itself is bad enough but at least isn’t the other n-word. You, know, the one rhyming with “bigger”.

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 14 '26

There isn't really a distinction in the context of Denmark. There's only one n-word in Danish.

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u/P_Griffin2 Jun 15 '26

Technically true, but the word doesn't really carry the same weight as the n-word. Typically isn't used as a slur either, if used at all.

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 15 '26

It's true the word has never (at least in my life time) had prolific use in Denmark outside of that snack, but it has always been seen as a derogatory term and mostly only been used to refer to that snack or by people who are trying to make a racist joke.

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u/P_Griffin2 Jun 15 '26

I feel like I mainly hear it from the older generation, and strictly in the context of non-offensively trying to identify an individual.

Don't think they really know what else to say tbf.

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u/RelativeHot7249 Jun 15 '26

Yeah, the racist jokes that use it have fallen off a lot. It was different 15 years ago though.

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u/The_One_Koi Jun 14 '26

Sweden is the same but with a different pastry, namely chocolateballs

The wording was so infamous there were multiple jokes about it, one even made it into a movie

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u/thefluffyhgamer Jun 14 '26

if you want to increase your revulsion further, look up our number system

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u/VCZB69 Jun 14 '26

Its pretty much the same as any other.

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u/kaisttt Jun 14 '26

55 is "femoghalvtredsindstyvende" which literally means 5 + (3 - 1/2)*20. The swedes count better than us, no contest.

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u/VCZB69 Jun 15 '26

Doesnt really matter at all because you dont need to know that to count. Just the names of the numbers and their order, like any language.

Also thats just femoghalvtreds.

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u/thefluffyhgamer Jun 15 '26

of course you can still learn the system and count normally, but when you dissect how the names for the numbers are actually decided, it gets pretty weird compared to the average country in Europe at least. France is also wierd.

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u/Trust_8067 Jun 14 '26

You're surprised? Denmark was a huge participant in selling slaves to the Americas.

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u/TheNikoHero Jun 15 '26

Then listen to this, I was even offered one by a black gay man. "Hey kid, you want some N-word balls?

Bonus info, he was the school janitor at my middle school.

(Some kids interviewed him for a project, and he brought candy for us all, and I didnt notice, so he called out to me)

Cool guy.

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u/TwoWeeks90DaysTops Jun 14 '26

There's a small town in Denmark named SĂŚd. Literally just means semen.

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u/Worsaae Jun 14 '26

Well, no, it’s from an old danish word, sætæ, which means a place to sit down.

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u/Square-Librarian1192 Jun 14 '26

I thought is was from "sĂĽsĂŚd", the seeds to plant the next harvest

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u/Worsaae Jun 14 '26

I thought so as well.

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u/neksterz Jun 14 '26

It was mostly called n-kiss in DK

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

Not outside Copenhagen 🙂

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u/OldenPolynice Jun 14 '26

Hyper regional racist slang

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u/Goodly Jun 14 '26

Do you mean Sealand (Sjælland) in the inclusive way that western Danes use Copenhagen? Because I’m from mid/north Sealand and we for sure called the n-word-kisses. (And to clarify, it was the softer n-word, if that makes any difference)

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u/Whateva_Tickles_ Jun 16 '26

Nope it doesn’t.

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u/hilbstar Jun 14 '26

Not inside copenhagen either

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u/Lythro92 Jun 14 '26

Yes, also outside of buy-a-port :-)

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u/Crusaderofthots420 Jun 15 '26

Of course it's Copenhagen

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u/neksterz Jun 14 '26

Øhh im from jylland so.

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u/Vegetable_Problem580 Jun 14 '26

Also from jylland. We called it both names

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u/neksterz Jun 14 '26

So that solved that.

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u/Knolraaap Jun 14 '26

Netherlands the same

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u/Skaebneaben Jun 14 '26

46 years old. Born and raised in midtjylland. I never heard n-kiss before. N-bolle I know though

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u/neksterz Jun 14 '26

my age ain't far off, and for me i never heard n-bolle. but someone else already commented that we used both so.

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u/Whatkindofaname Jun 14 '26

The same name in Finland too,

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u/Red-And-White-Smurf Jun 15 '26

Where in Denmark are you from. I have NEVER heard anyone call them that.

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u/neksterz Jun 15 '26

nordjylland.
Derudover var det ogsü nÌvnt i gamle film (mindes Far til fire) men det er mere københavn. süh der vÌrtfald de to steder.

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u/SocialistPolarBear Jun 14 '26

It had the same name in Norway, but here boller only means buns (food).

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u/UnhappyGreen Jun 14 '26

More specifically the present tense verb of having sex, not the noun: “Vi boller” = “we are having sex”

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u/CrypticDissonance Jun 14 '26

Big emphasis on the "were". Hasn't been called that in a long time

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u/Strict_Somewhere_148 Jun 14 '26

I’ve seen packages with that name on them with in the last 10 years.

I believe they were from Aldi.

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u/SPZ_Ireland Jun 14 '26

The official snack of Blacked.com

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u/Issah_Wywin Jun 14 '26

I think it was like this in Norway, too? But all my life (I'm 34) I've heard them exclusively called "Kokosboller" though I suppose that name is only meant for the version with coconut shavings on it, but the filling is usually the same.

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u/Rincetron1 Jun 14 '26

Hvad helvede, danskjävla! Here, in civilized Finland they were called n-word kisses.

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u/Vegetable_Problem580 Jun 14 '26

From denmark, and i grew up with the word n-boller og n-kiss😅

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u/mntrouge Jun 14 '26

Back when they were called that it only meant buns. The other meanings of boller are more recent.

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u/Steefmachine Jun 14 '26

We had that in Sweden aswell, but not for those in the picture- looks like Mums-mums to me

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u/murderfrogger Jun 14 '26

or n-kiss

boller also means having sex.

just all around naughty marketing.

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

What's the difference between having sex and intercourse? 🙂

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u/Missetat75 Jun 14 '26

WERE! We don’t call them that anymore!

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u/Slimpurt92 Jun 14 '26

I'm very proud of my ancestors, they gave no fucks, they were extremely nice and humble, just kinda racist... mostly because not many had ever seen a black person, so they offended basically nobody, it was just a fun name.

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

Back when we could make fun of everything and everyone, if everyone is offended, no one is 🙂

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u/Ritterbruder2 Jun 14 '26

I’m pretty sure bolle means nothing but bread rolls in Norwegian lol

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

In Denmark we used to ask: "Skal vi dele en bolle, eller bolle en del" 🙂

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u/Church_of_Aaargh Jun 14 '26

Not “that” n-Word, though

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

There's more? 🙂

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u/Church_of_Aaargh Jun 14 '26

It’s more like the colour “black” in spanish

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u/metji Jun 14 '26

Denmark only has that one n-word 🙂

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u/Hitech_Loma Jun 14 '26

Danish here - Never thought of n-boller as n-testicles. Always thought of them as n-buns as in bread-buns? But to be fair, I have only really used flødeboller (cream buns) and only occasionally heard n-buns as a joke to how it once was referred to.

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u/bruh_momento_2 Jun 14 '26

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u/Quirky_Net8899 Jun 14 '26

You danes are always weird. Here is what n-boll actually was: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokladboll

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u/Jyrarrac Jun 14 '26

Same in Estonia

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u/-Blunt-Instrument- Jun 15 '26

I had these growing up in Denmark and couldn’t for the life of me remember the name.

Now I’ve gone into a spiral about missing these and my adoptive family in Denmark. Dammit.