The Muffin Man is preserved in the Bodleian Library with lyrics very similar to those used today: <poem> Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man, the muffin man. Do you know the muffin man Who lives in Drury Lane?</poem> Victorian households had many of their fresh foods delivered, such as muffins, which were delivered door-to-door by a muffin man. The "muffin" in question was the bread product known in the United States as English muffins, not the much sweeter cupcake-shaped American variety. Drury Lane is a thoroughfare bordering Covent Garden in London. The rhyme and game appear to have spread to
Muffin top Australia's "Macquarie Dictionary" named "muffin-top" the word of the year in 2006; the American Dialect Society named it one of the "most creative" new terms that same year. The "Oxford English Dictionary" added the term to its revised online edition in March 2011. According to William Safire, writing in "The New York Times Magazine", "Muffin-top fills a lexical void" and "describes the roll of excess flesh spilling out primarily in front but possibly all around." By 2007, the fashion for low-waist trousers and skirts had lost ground to high-waisted garments, with muffin tops no longer an issue. Muffin top A