boep

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English

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Etymology

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From Afrikaans boep.

Noun

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boep (plural boeps)

  1. (South Africa, slang) beer belly
    • 2002, Justin Fox, With both hands waving: a journey through Mozambique, page 44:
      'It's a local fish - tastes just like barracuda,' said Leo from behind the bar as we dug into platteland-size plates of fish. A bunch of boitjies stood resting their boeps against the counter and talking about fish size and breast size.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Clipping of boepens, from Dutch boekpens (omasum), named after the laminae (leafets) in the omasum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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boep (plural boepe, diminutive boepie)

  1. potbelly, beer belly