# six-pack of rolls

idiom

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Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A fat belly, as opposed to one with a six-pack. See definitions 1 and 2 of six-pack. Seldom used in the plural.

## Examples

- He jokes that he has a six-pack of rolls instead of muscles.
- After years of sitting at a desk, he noticed his stomach had turned into a six-pack of rolls.
- Despite his youthful vanity, he eventually traded his athletic ambition for a comfortable life and a soft six-pack of rolls.

## Origin

Coined by analogy with the colloquial six pack of abs, the term replaces muscular definition with rolls, denoting the visible folds of flesh associated with obesity.

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