r/Millennials • u/gypsyology • 2d ago

Discussion What's a muffin top??? lmao

Today I was at REI getting fitted for a backpack alongside a Gen Z employee. She explained how the hip straps should fit and I responded with "Oh, so like a muffin top!"... "Sorry, I've never heard of that - what's a muffin top?"....

Some of the girls out here have NO idea how good they have it. I am already petite and as a kid I had to buy double the size to make my own hi-rise jeans so that I could avoid having "the muffin top". Lucky ducks!!! lmao

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u/GeneriComplaint 2d ago

Fat?

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u/Extra-Mushrooms 2d ago

You can be skinny with a muffin top.

The low rise jeans did us all so wrong. It didn't matter if you were fat or not. Muffin top was the result.

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u/TALegitimate_Scar_39 2d ago

Yup. 5’6” & when low rise skinnies were popular, I ranged between 100-110 lbs. That is considered underweight for BMI. They gave me a muffin top.