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'Muffin-top' (or muffin-top girl) is a generally pejorative, slang term used for a person, usually female, whose flabby midsection spills over the waistline of his or her pants in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its casing. This generally occurs when an individual wears low-rise or hip-hugger pants and midriff-baring tops.
In an attempt to avoid this, manufacturers have introduced mid-rise jeans which come up higher on the waist and eliminate the "muffin-top". Mid-rise jeans have proven popular across North America and manufacturers have also introduced new styles of high-rise jeans.[1] However, the muffin-top is not exclusive to low-rise jeans. Any jeans that are too tight at the waist can cause a muffin-top. In addition, low rise jeans of the right size usually will not create a muffin-top.
Muffin-top originated as Australian slang in mid-2003,[2] but has since become popular in other English-speaking countries. It may have been first popularized by the Australian television show ''Kath & Kim''. Australia's Macquarie Dictionary named "muffin-top" the word of the year in 2006;[3] the American Dialect Society named it one of the "most creative" new terms that same year.[4] ''Muffin-top'' was earlier used in a different sense (the best part of the muffin) on an episode of the American television show ''Seinfeld''.
The character of Jenna Maroney from the sitcom ''30 Rock'' has a hit dance song called "Muffin-top".
An additional derivation is "Split Top Muffin" to describe seeing the "muffin-top" from behind with the jeans so low as to expose the top of the gluteal ridge.
★ Abdominal obesity
★ Bellyshirt
★ Love handles
★ Panniculus
★ Muffin Huntin'
★ Double-Tongued Dictionary
★ "Muffin-Top", William Safire "On Language" (NY Times August 28, 2005)
★ LifeSavers "muffin-top" commercial
1. http://www.truejeans.com/jeans/style-tips
2. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/08/28/2003269498
3. http://www.wayodd.com/australian-dictionary-names-muffin-top-word-of-2006/v/6300/
4. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c4/45/10/THELATESTYOUTHSLANG.doc
Comparison of muffin and muffin-top.
An obese woman exhibiting the "muffin top" condition
'Muffin-top' (or muffin-top girl) is a generally pejorative, slang term used for a person, usually female, whose flabby midsection spills over the waistline of his or her pants in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its casing. This generally occurs when an individual wears low-rise or hip-hugger pants and midriff-baring tops.
In an attempt to avoid this, manufacturers have introduced mid-rise jeans which come up higher on the waist and eliminate the "muffin-top". Mid-rise jeans have proven popular across North America and manufacturers have also introduced new styles of high-rise jeans.[1] However, the muffin-top is not exclusive to low-rise jeans. Any jeans that are too tight at the waist can cause a muffin-top. In addition, low rise jeans of the right size usually will not create a muffin-top.
Muffin-top originated as Australian slang in mid-2003,[2] but has since become popular in other English-speaking countries. It may have been first popularized by the Australian television show ''Kath & Kim''. Australia's Macquarie Dictionary named "muffin-top" the word of the year in 2006;[3] the American Dialect Society named it one of the "most creative" new terms that same year.[4] ''Muffin-top'' was earlier used in a different sense (the best part of the muffin) on an episode of the American television show ''Seinfeld''.
The character of Jenna Maroney from the sitcom ''30 Rock'' has a hit dance song called "Muffin-top".
An additional derivation is "Split Top Muffin" to describe seeing the "muffin-top" from behind with the jeans so low as to expose the top of the gluteal ridge.
| Contents |
| See also |
| External links |
| Notes |
See also
★ Abdominal obesity
★ Bellyshirt
★ Love handles
★ Panniculus
External links
★ Muffin Huntin'
★ Double-Tongued Dictionary
★ "Muffin-Top", William Safire "On Language" (NY Times August 28, 2005)
★ LifeSavers "muffin-top" commercial
Notes
1. http://www.truejeans.com/jeans/style-tips
2. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/08/28/2003269498
3. http://www.wayodd.com/australian-dictionary-names-muffin-top-word-of-2006/v/6300/
4. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/content/1/c4/45/10/THELATESTYOUTHSLANG.doc
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