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Etymology
From German + goiter, from the stereotype that Germans drink a lot of beer, and from the similarity of a protruding stomach to a protruding goiter.
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German goiter (plural German goiters)
- (US Midwest, idiomatic, humorous, now possibly offensive) A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.
1939, American Flint, volume 28, page 41:Brothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres.
1956 October 8, “Advantages of Being Fat”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010, page 22:Any man who likes playing Santa Claus is in much better shape come Christmas if he has a German goiter.
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