Buddha belly

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A round, protruding belly. informal

    "He wears a wrinkled polo shirt that does little to disguise his bulging Buddha belly."

Etymology

From depictions of the potbellied Chinese folkloric deity Budai that are often mistakenly thought to represent the Gautama Buddha in the West.

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