labonza

labonza
[la”banza]
1. n. the buttocks.
□ Good grief, what a gross labonza!
□ She fell flat on her labonza.
2. n. the pit of the stomach.
□ That kind of beautiful singing really gets you right in the labonza.
□ She experienced the kind of gut-wrenching anger that starts in your labonza and cuts through right to the tip of your noggin.
3. n. the belly.
□ I feel the effects of last night’s celebration in my wallet and in my labonza.
□ Look at the labonza on that creep! He’s gonna deliver triplets.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • labonza — (n.) belly, 1943, American English slang, probably from dialectal pronunciation of It. la pancia the belly, from L. pantex (gen. panticis) belly (see PAUNCH (Cf. paunch)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • labonza — n American a. the belly or paunch a punch in the labonza b. the backside, buttocks A word used particularly by pugilists, crim inals and working class speakers. It is mock Italian or Spanish, probably based on la pancia or la panza, both related… …   Contemporary slang

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