No matter how many "age-defying" wrinkle creams, miracle vitamins or "abdominizers" we buy for firming up and smoothing out, the reality is that the average number of birthday candles on the cake is rising.

"Miss Fortune was born in a place where hit singles, formats and abdominizers don't matter," said Moorer on her Web site, taking a playful swipe at Shania Twain's celebrated bare midriff.

Having read and digested the miso soup article, Jo was now looking at an advert for an 'abdominizer' machine that promised amazing results – 'lose both pounds and inches within weeks,' the ad proclaimed.

The combination of losing body fat and doing these exercises make baring your midriff something to be proud of. Cher was the original abdominizer.

Yes, he is the walking, talking, jewelry-designing, filmmaking abdominizer.

Abdominizer

Meaning

Noun