German goiter

English Etymology From en German goiter, from the stereotype that Germans drink a lot of beer, and from the similarity of a protruding stomach to a protruding goiter. Noun en US _ Midwest idiomatic humorous now possibly offensive A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer. en 1939 American Flint 28 http://books.google.ca/books?id=70cMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22beer+muscles%22&dq=%22beer+muscles%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=38 41 Brothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres. en 8 Oct 1956 Advantages of Being Fat http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=ox8aAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cCUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4478,4590251&dq=german-goiter&hl=en Milwaukee Journal 3 Jan. 2010 22 Any man who likes playing Santa Claus is in much better shape come Christmas if he has a German goiter. Synonyms paunch attributed to beer en beer baby, en beer belly, en beer gut, en beer muscles, en Molson muscle Hypernyms See also Thesaurus:paunch. Anagrams en aeeggimnorrt German goitre en Anatomy Obesity