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Soft, round, and proud of it — fat's friendlier little sibling.
means A soft, slightly plump area of flesh — the gentle bulge on a belly, cheek, or thigh.
from Origin genuinely murky — etymologists mark it 'unknown.' It surfaces in English around the 18th-19th century, likely kin to 'podge' (a short, dumpy mass) and perhaps distantly related to 'pudgy' and even 'pudding,' that other soft, yielding, lovable thing. No tidy founding story here — just a squishy little word that sounds exactly like what it means.
- origin
- appeared in english around the 1800s, meaning unclear
- connotation
- affectionate, unlike clinical words like obese
- usage
- often describes baby fat or a beer belly fondly
- linguistic cousin
- related in feel to pudgy, not etymologically proven