"love handle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-love handle.wav Forms: love handles [plural]
Etymology: From early 1980s. So called because supposed to be grabbed by a partner in sexual intercourse. Head templates: {{en-noun}} love handle (plural love handles)
  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, chiefly in the plural) A protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips. Wikipedia link: love handle Tags: colloquial, euphemistic, in-plural Categories (topical): Anatomy, Obesity Synonyms: spare tyre, spare tire, lovehandle Derived forms: love-handled Related terms: batwing, excess fat under arms Translations (protruding area of fat on the side of the body): 腰間贅肉 (Chinese Mandarin), 腰间赘肉 (yāojiān zhuìròu) (Chinese Mandarin), jenkkakahva (Finnish), poignée d’amour [feminine] (French), Rettungsring [masculine] (German), úszógumi (Hungarian), maniglie dell'amore [feminine, plural] (Italian), maniglie di venere [feminine, plural] (Italian), geleber pinggang (Malay), bilring [masculine] (Norwegian), boczki [masculine, plural] (Polish), oponka [feminine] (Polish), pneu [masculine] (Portuguese), rollo [Argentina, masculine] (Spanish), cartucheras (english: thigh fat) [masculine, plural] (Spanish), michelín [masculine] (Spanish), lorza [feminine] (Spanish), flotador [masculine] (Spanish), salvavida(s) [masculine] (Spanish), llanta [feminine] (Spanish), bilring [common-gender] (Swedish), kärlekshandtag [neuter] (Swedish)

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