Muffin Top

"Muffin-top" is a generally pejorative, slang term used to describe the phenomenon of overhanging flesh when it spills over the waistline of trousers or skirt in a manner that resembles the top of a muffin spilling over its paper casing. This generally occurs when an individual wears low-rise, hip-hugger pants, or midriff-baring tops that are too small.

According to William Safire, "Muffin-top fills a lexical void" and "describes the roll of excess flesh spilling out primarily in front but possibly all around.

"When the wearer's abdomen is flat, a display of flesh above and well below the bellybutton produces an eye-catching picture of what the Scotsman in Britain has called the Britney belly-flash. However, when the wearer's midriff is flabby, a vivid culinary metaphor is used: muffin-top. As every baker knows, a muffin is a small cake that rises above its metal container. When removed from the pan, its shape is round, with the top hanging over the base of the cake like a small, harmless mushroom cloud."



Muffin top - i has one. yum!