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Milwaukee goiter

Milwaukee goiter

9.9
A joking way to say your throat feels full after a big meal
  • noun
  • /mɪlˈwɔːki ˈɡɔɪtər/
  • Informal
translation icon : bulto de Milwaukee
  • After that huge dinner, I definitely have a Milwaukee goiter.

Examples

  • After the Thanksgiving dinner, he joked that his Milwaukee goiter was acting up again.

  • Whenever someone eats too much at the party, they claim to have a Milwaukee goiter.

  • She held her throat and laughed, making a joke about her Milwaukee goiter after dessert.

  • He joked about his Milwaukee goiter after the feast.

  • After the Thanksgiving dinner, he joked that his Milwaukee goiter was acting up again.

  • She held her throat and laughed, making a joke about her Milwaukee goiter after dessert.

  • Whenever someone eats too much at the party, they claim to have a Milwaukee goiter.

Synonyms

to jiak kentang
vsMilwaukee goiter
  • Slang
9.9

To eat too much and feel very full after a meal

is a humorous phrase that focuses on fullness felt around the neck
full as a goog
vsMilwaukee goiter
  • Archaic
9.9

Very full after eating and feeling uncomfortable

is a playful expression that instead highlights fullness felt in the throat
engorgement
vsMilwaukee goiter
9.1

A feeling of being very full and uncomfortable after eating too much

is a humorous phrase about neck or throat fullness rather than clinical swelling

Surface Forms

Milwaukee goiter singular
Milwaukee goiters plural

Morphology

Milwaukee + goiter

Although 'goiter' clearly denotes neck swelling, adding the place-name 'Milwaukee' does not transparently signal the humorous sense of transient fullness after eating; a B1 learner who knows the two words would most likely interpret this as a literal goiter related to Milwaukee or a local medical condition. The humorous, culture-specific metaphorical use (tying overeating to a ‘goiter’ and invoking Milwaukee) is idiomatic and unpredictable from the parts.

Etymology

Milwaukee goiter may come from the funny image of someone at a big local feast so full that their throat looks swollen; goiter is a word for a swollen neck and Milwaukee hints at hearty local meals. That's why people use Milwaukee goiter to joke about 'feeling overly full around the neck' after a large meal.