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"etymology_text": "From early 1980s. So called because supposed to be grabbed by a partner in sexual intercourse.",
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{
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"tags": [
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]
}
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips."
],
"id": "en-love_handle-en-noun-mGL~iW9B",
"links": [
[
"fat",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "batwing"
},
{
"word": "excess fat under arms"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "spare tyre"
},
{
"word": "spare tire"
},
{
"word": "lovehandle"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"euphemistic",
"in-plural"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "jenkkakahva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poignée d’amour"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rettungsring"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "úszógumi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maniglie dell'amore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maniglie di venere"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "geleber pinggang"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bilring"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "boczki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oponka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pneu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "жо́пкины у́шки n pl (žópkiny úški, literally “ears of arse”)",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rollo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "cartucheras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "michelín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bilring"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kärlekshandtag"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"love handle"
]
}
],
"word": "love handle"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "love-handled"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From early 1980s. So called because supposed to be grabbed by a partner in sexual intercourse.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "love handles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "love handle (plural love handles)",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "batwing"
},
{
"word": "excess fat under arms"
}
],
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"glosses": [
"A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips."
],
"links": [
[
"fat",
"fat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"euphemistic",
"in-plural"
],
"wikipedia": [
"love handle"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "spare tyre"
},
{
"word": "spare tire"
},
{
"word": "lovehandle"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "jenkkakahva"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poignée d’amour"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rettungsring"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "úszógumi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maniglie dell'amore"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "maniglie di venere"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"word": "geleber pinggang"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bilring"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "boczki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oponka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pneu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "жо́пкины у́шки n pl (žópkiny úški, literally “ears of arse”)",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"Argentina",
"masculine"
],
"word": "rollo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "cartucheras"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "michelín"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bilring"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "protruding area of fat on the side of the body",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kärlekshandtag"
}
],
"word": "love handle"
}
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