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Palumboism en · NOUN

Etymology

From Palumbo + -ism; named after Dave Palumbo, an American bodybuilder.

Meanings

  1. (informal, uncountable) Abdominal distension in bodybuilders, resulting from the abuse of human growth hormone or insulin.
    • Later we were standing by the water fountain discussing gruesome zombie movie deaths, Japanese exploitation films, and a bizarre bodymorphing and scientifically unknown steroid-related condition known colloquially as Palumboism. 2014, Chris Kelso, This Is Not an Anthology:

Synonyms

bubble gut · roid gut

wikipedia: Dave Palumbo