I can see why you would infere that, but in actual fact I don't mind Bouazza too much. He's one of very few Dutch authors I can stomach. (I tend to avoid Dutch literature like the plague.) I just think he tries a bit too hard to be colourful sometimes. Yes, it's great we have an author who is not afraid to be original, archaic and lyrical when the story calls for it, and yes, nebbespitsorig is quite an interesting word, but as someone who was raised on the good old Protestant "less-is-more" ethic, I find it a bit... showy. If that's in character, though, more power to Bouazza. There's definitely something to be said for being an inventive wordsmith.

Even muiltjes is a fairly old-fashioned word. It reeks of Cinderella.