The act of artificially scolding a coworker who is less experienced and/or less senior than you when noticing that they did something different than you would have done it, although there was no factual mistake in their way of doing things. The purpose of langelaaring is to re-establish traditional power relationships between senior and junior employees and are usually accompanied by sounds such as ‘tsk tsk tsk’ or repeating the name of the junior employee several times in a row.
Jessy: I suggested to do it differently this time but he just went off langelaaring me about it.
Jimmy: Oh, no, did he tell you what was wrong about it?
Jessy: No, he just kept shaking his head, called me a ‘youngster’, and told me I still had to learn a lot.
Jimmy: Oh, no, did he tell you what was wrong about it?
Jessy: No, he just kept shaking his head, called me a ‘youngster’, and told me I still had to learn a lot.
by Virungette May 24, 2021
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A woman gives man dirty look, tells him to go away, man replies "you're a great lady". Once that statement is made, the man is officially Langeleering.
by anonymous1779 December 30, 2011
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