middle-age spread

[ mid-l-eyj ]

noun

1. an increase in bulk, especially in the waist and buttocks, associated with the onset of middle age and the body's decreasing ability to metabolize calories efficiently.

middle-age spread

noun

1. the fat that appears round many people's waist during middle age

Word History and Origins

Origin of middle-age spread¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Is this middle-age spread inevitable?

From Scientific American

Olympic medalists with a hint of middle-age spread who have day jobs as firefighters, police officers and cooks do not look so different from many viewers who can convince themselves that if they too played enough they could get that good.

From Reuters

Olympic medalists with a hint of middle-age spread who have day jobs as firefighters, police officers and cooks do not look so different from many viewers who can convince themselves that if they too played enough they could get that good.

From Reuters

“The aging of the human race has been faster than anyone could have imagined a few decades ago. Fertility rates have plunged globally; simultaneously, life spans have increased. The result is a re-contoured age graph: The pyramid, once with a tiny number of old folks at the peak and a broad foundation of children, is inverting. In wealthy countries, the graph already has a pronounced middle-age spread.”

From Washington Post

Dressed a bit like nu-metal-era Fred Durst – backwards navy baseball cap, oversized plain T-shirt hiding early middle-age spread, a dusting of stubble – Prydz teases out his two-hour set of relentless, organ-displacing house bangers.

From The Guardian