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Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Source? Why would it be from a candy brand and not just from a jelly-like belly in general?”)
Likely from Jelly Belly, the brand of candy.
Pronunciation
Noun
jelly belly (plural jelly bellies)
- (slang) Rolls of fat that form around the stomach of an overweight person.
2008, Simmone Howell, Everything Beautiful:My stretchy top kept riding above my jelly belly, but I didn't care.
2012, Niamh Greene, A Message to Your Heart:Or maybe she just has that dreaded jelly belly – the same one I seem to have after all the American portions.
- (slang) An obese person.
2019, Larry McCoy, Grandma Told Me to Never Believe Anything Grandpa Says:Wait for me, patiently, at the bottom of the run, ask if I want to take a break and, above all, do not yell “come on you jelly belly” when I'm struggling to complete a tough run or taking half a day to force my feet into my ski boots.
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