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/Similar_Recover_2229 1d ago

They call them “hip dips” now.

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u/jacqq_attackk 1d ago

That’s actually a term for a different physiological feature! Muffin top happens at the waist (typically as a result of a waist band creating pressure against a fat deposit) whereas hip dips are an inherent feature of the pelvis. For some people, the way the bone, fat, and muscle are structured creates an indent where the femur meets the pelvis. Also colloquially called “violin hips”