sausage casing girl
n.— «The Sausage Casing Girls are everywhere this summer, their muffin tops hanging over their hip-skimming jeans, clothes shrink-wrapped around fleshy bodies that look as if they’ve been stuffed—like forcemeat—into teensy tops and skintight pants.» —“Letting it all hang out” by Robin Acarian Los Angeles Times July 4, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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