corona belly

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corona belly (plural corona bellies)

An overweight or obese belly resulting from lack of exercise during a coronavirus quarantine order.
- 2020 April 6, “Maximise your time at home and get rid of that 'coronabelly'”, in Daily Mail‎^[1]:
  Watch Alice Smellie as she teaches you how you can get on top of your fitness while keeping the house looking spic and span.
- 2020 June 3, “Camels re-start their training”, in The Cobar Weekly‎^[2]:
  The Cobar Camels Rugby Union Club has recommenced training in preparation for a July kick off of their Western Plains Rugby Union 2020 season. […] The Camels players started working off their 'Corona bellies' at training last week.
- 2020 June 28, Jenny Francis, Rhiannon Lambert, “From booze bulge to stress stomach - what your belly fat means and how to blast it”, in The Sun, [3], caption:
  Corona belly is where your whole tummy protrudes outwards and is caused by alcohol
- 2020 August 28, Carl Hnatyshyn, “Fitness clubs feature new safety measures for Phase 3 re-opening”, in Sarnia & Lambton County This Week‎^[4]:
  Interested in getting active again or determined to lose the dreaded ‘corona-belly’? […] “Once July 28 hit and we opened the club in Sarnia, we actually had a long line-up outside. Members were actually waiting for the doors to open. Some of them said they were looking to get rid of the corona-bellies they had grown,” Jibril said with a laugh.
- 2021 January 3, Lynsey Hope, “Kick-start your fitness now with tips to hit reset whatever your workout personality”, in The Sun‎^[5]:
  While putting on weight is annoyingly easy, combating your corona belly can feel like scaling Mount Everest.
- 2022 March 15, A Breath of Elena, “A Man With Boobs in an Indoor Swimming Pool”, in Medium – Prism & Pen‎^[6], archived from the original on 24 September 2022:
  You undress, along with the family that knows you. Yes, there is also a certain Corona belly. Home office and lack of sport has also made something grow in other places.