Definition of be pear-shaped

pear-shaped

• A lumpy shaped person with narrow shoulders and a big ass\stomach

  Last edited on Aug 08 2009. Submitted by Bob Mcgovern from Illinois 62704, USA on Aug 08 2009.

adjective

• confused, problematic, troublesome.

  Since I lost my job, everything's gone pear-shaped.

  • See more words with the same meaning: hard, confusing, difficult, a problem.

  Last edited on Apr 07 2013. Submitted by Dylan H. from Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK on Jun 17 2003.

• fat.
  • See more words with the same meaning: overweight, fat.

  Last edited on Dec 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'hard, confusing, difficult, a problem':
pickle	Definitions include: penis.
bear	Definitions include: a masculine homosexual male.
hit some bumps in the road	Definitions include: to encounter difficulties.
killer	Definitions include: very good, excellent, impressive; "cool"; "awesome".
confuzling	Definitions include: puzzling or confusing.
full on	Definitions include: fully; extraordinarily; powerfully.
over (one's) head	Definitions include: too difficult.
nightmare	Definitions include: something very difficult.
in over (one's) head	Definitions include: in a situation one can't cope with.
snag	Definitions include: to acquire.
gonner	Definitions include: spelling variant of goner.
done-zo	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of donezo.
behind the eight ball	Definitions include: to be in serious trouble.
kink	Definitions include: a small problem.
blip	Definitions include: a short amount of time.
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Other terms relating to 'overweight, fat':
thick	Definitions include: having a nice body.
dad bod	Definitions include: "dad bod" i.e. "dad body".
piggy	Definitions include: pig.
pig	Definitions include: a police officer.
chunky	Definitions include: overweight.
obeast	Definitions include: variation on the word obese.
gothopotamus	Definitions include: an overweight or large goth.
Wisconsin skinny	Definitions include: chubby.
big-boned	Definitions include: euphemism for overweight.
fugly	Definitions include: extremely unattractive.
skinny fat	Definitions include: with skinny or normal-sized arms and legs, but with a large stomach and possibly (for men only) fatty breasts.

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Other terms relating to 'pear':
apples and pears	Definitions include: London Cockney rhyming slang for stairs
go pear-shaped	Definitions include: to deteriorate.
Other terms relating to 'shap':
go pear-shaped	Definitions include: to deteriorate.
K shap	Definitions include: K cool. You normally say it to make the person feel awkward and what they said wasn't "cool".

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