'Muffin top' added to Oxford English Dictionary
By Rob Manker, Tribune reporter
"Muffin top," you've finally made it — into the dictionary, that is.
The Oxford English Dictionary has added the term to its latest edition, listing it among changes announced Thursday. The first definition refers to the top portion of an actual muffin, a usage popularized on an episode of "Seinfeld." The second, more pejorative entry, however, refers to "a protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers."
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You've got to love Oxford English Dictionary for getting with the times and adding some hip new terms. I'm sure they were afraid of losing all their clientele to the Urban Dictionary. But they’ve still got a while to go. Muffin top is a nice start but I won’t trust any dictionary until it’s got Cincinnati Bowtie in it. Also, I think the writer added the best word to this dialogue- protuberance. I’m going to start wearing that word out like some ’85 Wranglers.
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