boep
English
Etymology
Afrikaans boep
Noun
boep (plural boeps)
- (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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Anagrams
- BPOE
Afrikaans
Etymology
Clipping of boepens, from Dutch boekpens (“omasum”), named after the laminae (leafets) in the omasum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bup/
Noun
boep (plural boepe, diminutive boepie)
- potbelly, beer belly