Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Yellowish bellied

👉 Okay, settle into your moth beneath that frankly depressing beige overstuffing and let’s tackle this…
peculiar
piece of 21st-century vernacular: 

"Yellowish bellied."

Now, immediately you might think I'm about to drone on in some stuffy academic way. Frankly, I hate doing that. Let me just get right into the bit. Historically? Nowhere! Absolutely nowhere of record does this actually exist as a standard, respectable expression. That is… the point. It belongs firmly within the baffling realm of the internet’s weird footnotes. Essentially, "yellowish bellied," which you'll mostly find circulating in some rather aggressively meme-ified corners (Reddit and 4chan being frequent strongholds), describes a state of utter, profound, and frankly, rather pathetic disappointment. It is not referring to a literal shade of jaundice. Instead, it’s the feeling that something – a plan, an excuse, maybe even a life you were invested in – has curdled into this vaguely beige, depressing mush. You feel… let down. Underwhelmed. Like the initial potential of whatever was on your mind hasn't quite delivered, resulting in something...off, and not good off. Think that lukewarm instant coffee you swore would be a brilliant morning pick-me-up. That. Except with more emotional heft. The whole thing is predicated on this idea that the word "belly