bump

bump
 n.โ€” ยซStar Magazine, โ€œEntertainment Tonightโ€ and People Magazine all refer to it as โ€œthe bump,โ€ and since Britney first started sporting hers last year, itโ€™s been the hottest thing going.ยป โ€”โ€œHow to get the most out of your fashion bump” by Jessica Ramsey Golden in University of Alaska Anchorage The Northern Light (Anchorage, Alaska) Apr. 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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