boep

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans boep.

Noun

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.

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)

1. potbelly, beer belly