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The belly's way of filing a formal complaint about your lifestyle choices.
means A protruding, rounded belly, especially one on an otherwise average-sized person.
from From Old French 'panche,' descending from Latin 'pantex' (genitive 'panticis'), meaning belly or bowels — the same Latin root that gives us 'pantry,' originally the room where bread and provisions were kept, before it loosened into any storage closet.
- origin
- from latin pantex, meaning belly, naturally
- not just fat
- often visceral fat wrapped around organs
- beer myth
- any extra calories build it, not just beer
- medical nickname
- doctors call it central adiposity to sound nicer