Etymology

six-pack of rolls

Today it means: A fat belly, as opposed to one with a six-pack. See definitions 1 and 2 of six-pack. Seldom used in the plural. Full definition →

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The story

Likely by analogy with six pack of abs, the abs exchanged for rolls (“visible folds in the belly caused by obesity”).

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