bingo wings

American  

[bing-goh wingz] / ˈbɪŋ goʊ ˌwɪŋz /

noun

Informal.

1. upper arm flab, usually in reference to an older woman’s body.

   Remember it didn’t take a weekend to get your bingo wings or muffin top, so it’s only natural your new strength training routine will take time to show results too.

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Etymology

Origin of bingo wings

First recorded in 1990–95; from the association of elderly women as typical players of bingo

Example Sentences

The presenter says she's been part of campaigns that tell women to "celebrate your cellulite and your bingo wings and whatever", but wants I Weigh to be more than that.

From BBC

“I hate that. I really hate it! I really, really hate it. Not least because it’s, like, full bingo wings, from underneath my,” she says, tailing off into a grim laugh.

From The Guardian

Bottom line: Modern woman is a wreck, either knocking herself out with sleeping pills to keep from snacking, dressing herself in pink and red clothing during ovulation in an unwitting attempt to get impregnated, or moping about her “bingo wings, love handles, and muffin tops.”

From Washington Post

They make their presentations, promising quantum science and military-grade technology to combat saddlebags, muffintops and bingo wings.

From The Guardian

No audience wants to have to fight their way through piercings, or bingo wings, or raw human rage at the injustice of it all, to see the person underneath.

From The Guardian