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food baby

idiom
Meaning

A protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.


Origin

disputed origin

By a jocular implication that the protruded abdomen is like that of pregnancy.

Examples
SIMPLE

I ate too much pizza and now I have a food baby.

CONTEXTUAL

After finishing that massive holiday dinner, everyone sat on the couch rubbing their food baby.

COMPLEX

Following the indulgent multi-course banquet, the guests loosened their belts to accommodate the inevitable food baby that had formed.

Anchors to
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  2. 02

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    An obvious but mostly inconsequential issue.

  3. 03

    baby step

    A small effort made towards the completion of a much larger task.

  4. 04

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    To treat as a baby.

  5. 05

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  6. 06

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    To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.

  7. 07

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    To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.

  8. 08

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    A hierarchy.

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