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{{Short description|Online magazine}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Retecool
| logo = Nieuwretecoollogo.gif
| url  = {{URL|retecool.com}}
}}

'''Retecool''' ({{lang-en|Asscool}}) is a [[weblog]]/webmagazine that has existed since May 23, 2000.  The initiator of this project is Hubert Roth (aka ''Reet''). According to a survey by marketing blog MarketingFacts.nl, Retecool is currently the fourth largest weblog in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>[http://www.marketingfacts.nl/berichten/weblogs_wie_heeft_de_grootste/ Weblogs: wie heeft de grootste?], Marketingfacts.nl, 2005-03-14.</ref> According to themselves the weblog is mainly visited by public aged between 24 and 44 years old. Retecool is a shock blog, similar to [[Geenstijl]].

== Overview ==
Retecool made a breakthrough in the media on June 19, 2001 with an article related to webcam abuse by teenagers.<ref>[https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/19/if_you_fancy_a_shag/ If you fancy a shag – turn your webcam off], [[The Register]], 2001-06-19</ref> 

Retecool made the national press often through its regular "Foto Fuck Friday" event, the modifying of photos related to a current event.<ref>[http://www.webwereld.nl/articles/7880 2002: Nijntje, de iMac en vrijende studenten], Webwereld, 2002-12-27.</ref> An example of this relates to the new Dutch television channel [[Tien (TV channel)|Talpa]]. Many photo modifications with the new channel as topic were sent in. Talpa representative Maarten van Rooijen told [[De Telegraaf]]: "Sometimes it is funny, but there are references to terrorism and the Holocaust. We absolutely don't want to be associated with that."<ref>[http://archief.telegraaf.nl/artikel.fpl?id=493272&pagina=0&query=retecool&alleenrecent=on&bron=alles Retecool door de knieën voor Talpa], [[De Telegraaf]], 2005-07-12</ref> Talpa demanded that Retecool removed the photos within 24 hours of the website, which eventually happened. 

Another picture showed the face of the [[Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Netherlands)|Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management]] [[Camiel Eurlings]] morphing into that of Prime-Minister [[Jan Peter Balkenende]]. Eurlings claimed in an interview that he was shocked by the picture: "Those glasses make me look like my brother."<ref>[http://www.webwereld.nl/articles/12763 Google: Camiel Eurling is een gladjakker], Webwereld, 2004-06-08.  The picture was shown to Eurlings in an interview with [[RTL Z]].</ref>

Following the [[Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy]], the Foto Fuck Friday involved "using historic depictions of the Prophet Muhammad endorsing everyday commercial products.<ref>[http://www.rtl.nl/(/actueel/rtlnieuws/)/components/actueel/rtlnieuws/2006/02_februari/03/binnenland/0203_1200_retecool_spotprenten.xml Internetters leven zich uit op spotprenten Mohammed], [[RTL Group|RTL]], 2006-02-05</ref><ref>[http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/europese_unie/artikel/asp/artnr/85235/index.html EU wil regels media voor omgang met religies], [[Elsevier]], 2006-02-03</ref><ref>[http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/brussels020606.htm War of the Cartoons: Belgians in a Pickle], Canada Free Press, 2006-02-06</ref>

As of 2007 Retecool has tens of thousands of visitors a day, and is now more than just a linkblog.  The section "Luister" ({{lang-en|Listen}}) provided a couple of years new obscure available music with description. {{sic|''Urban Desing''}} displays photos and pictures of remarkable [[graphic design]] from the street.

In December 2006, Retecool won the award for Best Weblog of Europe outside the United Kingdom, taking 30 percent of the votes.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20061210015910/http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_european_blog.php Best European Blog (Non UK)]}}, [[Weblog Awards]], 2006-12-18.</ref> A year later Retecool successfully defended that award.

== Vocabulary ==
The editors and commentators on Retecool have taken up their own kind of language, taking clues from "street language," local dialects and other jargon.  The Retecool Wiki has an overview<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.retecool.com/index.php/Categorie:Kreten_en_uitspraken|title=ReteWiki}}</ref> to help visitors unfamiliar with the used language. Some examples:

* ''lutser'' - contamination of loser and ''prutser'' (faulty and unhandy)
* ''heersen'' - rules.
* ''je weet toch'' - derived from "know what I'm saying" and refers to bad rap talent or low language skills.
* ''zuigen'' - sucks badly, does not rule at all.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.retecool.com Retecool.com]
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://wiki.retecool.com ReteWiki]
* {{in lang|nl}} [http://wiki.retecool.com/index.php/In_%27t_nieuws Press coverage overview]

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