menopot
n.— «I actually have a name for it. It’s called menopot…that little pooch between the belly button and the pubic area» —“Expert: Women Can Control Menopause, Aging Process” WBAL-TV (Baltimore, Maryland) May 3, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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