What's the best term for fat?

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  • SweetSailor
    SweetSailor Posts: 81 Member
    FAT IS FAT, do you call a dog, a cat?????


    I call my 20 lb tabby "Gigantor". Do you think I'm giving him a complex?
  • mikebowers27
    mikebowers27 Posts: 26
    I always figured voluptuous and curvy meant having big boobs and/or butt/hips.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    I just use whatever flows out... I'm done with trying to not offend people. If you're fat, you know you're fat, deal with it. If you're OFFENDED by someone calling you fat, then go do something about it or be quiet.

    Same goes with ugly, smelly, stupid, etc etc.

    The world has gotten too cushy.

    ETA: I am most definitely not attacking you, OP... I liked reading your post :D

    Really, if you were at work would you say, "Oh, go ask the ugly person over there?" Or "I can't help you but the lady over there who smells bad can..."

    I am not in denial about being fat, I call myself that but I would be offended if someone else did. Just as I wouldn't call someone else a name based on their appearance. To me, this is just basic manners.. Nothing wrong with identifying someone with a clothing color or hair style or something instead...
  • olores
    olores Posts: 257 Member
    Obese is the most hurtful!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    fattastic
  • Stacyplus5
    Stacyplus5 Posts: 493
    I use the term overweight, but I hate it when people say to me because Im tall I carry my weight well. WTF?
  • xLexa
    xLexa Posts: 482 Member
    My 7 year old uses the word fat, he is right. I am not offended. I am fat and working on losing it. I guess it depends on the context it is said in. For example the news report where the server in the restaurant headed his receipt with the fat girls.... not appropriate at all.
  • bellygoaway
    bellygoaway Posts: 441 Member
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2mU6USTBRE
  • thrld
    thrld Posts: 610 Member
    Big or large.

    BUT here's a question -- how do you describe a muscular person to a kid? If the mp is wearing a sports coat and standing across the room -- what do you say to the young (4yrs) old kid? Because saying "muscular" means nothing to them.
  • kerricolby
    kerricolby Posts: 232 Member
    They're strong!
    Big or large.

    BUT here's a question -- how do you describe a muscular person to a kid? If the mp is wearing a sports coat and standing across the room -- what do you say to the young (4yrs) old kid? Because saying "muscular" means nothing to them.
  • bzmom
    bzmom Posts: 1,332 Member
    According to comedian Grabiel Iglesias (aka fluffy) there are 5 stages of fat:

    1. Big
    2. Healthy
    3. Husky
    4. Fluffy
    And the 5th one is DAMN!!!
  • Today414
    Today414 Posts: 118
    I thought it was "fluffy". I've been out of the loop lately so it might still be "curvy".
    Fluffy is my fav. :heart:
  • Today414
    Today414 Posts: 118
    According to comedian Grabiel Iglesias (aka fluffy) there are 5 stages of fat:

    1. Big
    2. Healthy
    3. Husky
    4. Fluffy
    And the 5th one is DAMN!!!

    Hahah :heart:
  • nikki_zav
    nikki_zav Posts: 320 Member
    Anorexic challenged :wink:
  • koshkasmum
    koshkasmum Posts: 276 Member
    When describing myself, I like to go with "fat", as in "the short fat woman with red hair". I shop for clothes in the fat ladies shop. I have trouble with some yoga poses because I "have a fat belly". I like to be honest with myself.

    One can be a bit more sensitive with others. My yoga teacher says I have a "Bhudda belly"! Women can be "plus size" or just "larger" and men can carry off "stout" . My sister's vet referred to her dog as "thunky" - that might be a good one.

    I think it comes down to keeping it legitimately descriptive, and only if the desciption is needed. So, you could say "the woman with the short blonde hair in the blue blouse" . (sort of the same way you would not describe the same person as "the blonde with the huge mole on her face".......
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I think it generally depends on the kind of relationship you have with the person, but "fat," as honest as it is, has such a negative stigma attached to it that one cannot genuinely say it is just an observation.

    If I'm trying to describe someone to another person, I would say "overweight," "heavy set," or "big/bigger." I find those terms to be less menacing, so to speak, than "fat."
  • darkguardian419
    darkguardian419 Posts: 1,302 Member
    I just use whatever flows out... I'm done with trying to not offend people. If you're fat, you know you're fat, deal with it. If you're OFFENDED by someone calling you fat, then go do something about it or be quiet.

    Same goes with ugly, smelly, stupid, etc etc.

    The world has gotten too cushy.

    ETA: I am most definitely not attacking you, OP... I liked reading your post :D

    Really, if you were at work would you say, "Oh, go ask the ugly person over there?" Or "I can't help you but the lady over there who smells bad can..."

    I am not in denial about being fat, I call myself that but I would be offended if someone else did. Just as I wouldn't call someone else a name based on their appearance. To me, this is just basic manners.. Nothing wrong with identifying someone with a clothing color or hair style or something instead...

    As a matter of fact, yes I would. :) It's all a part of my lovely ***hole-ish theme.
  • WickedGarden
    WickedGarden Posts: 944 Member
    I say 'chubby' or 'rounder'. "The rounder girl with the blonde hair helped me".

    I don't care if someone called me fat, I was fat. I faced the truth and decided to change that.
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    Just my preference but it's not a word I use. It's not a word I've made any replacements for.
  • lisforlaurenn
    lisforlaurenn Posts: 28 Member
    I usually refer to myself as fat. However I wouldn't use that term to reference another person. I usually stick with terms like plus sizer, bigger, or fluffy.
  • betsz1
    betsz1 Posts: 81 Member
    Volumetrically challenged? :tongue:
  • amnsetie
    amnsetie Posts: 666 Member
    I have a meerkat on my filing cabinet. Coming to see me? Look for the meerkat

    Desk adornments are my best guide for lost and wandering seekers of specific humans.

    When describing an overweight person (if I need to) I say "could stand to lose a few pounds"
  • Cyndi1
    Cyndi1 Posts: 484 Member
    I use big.... when I hear the word fat...I think gross and people who are bigger are not gross they have weight on... make sense...
  • _Thanatos_
    _Thanatos_ Posts: 166
    I hate PC language. Fat is fat. Quit sugar-coating the truth to make yourself feel better. Doesn't accomplish anything.
  • MaggyMaizy2
    MaggyMaizy2 Posts: 148 Member
    I prefer "fluffy".
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    porkylicious
  • pudgeylou
    pudgeylou Posts: 202 Member
    I have been called "Horizontally gifted" which they were using as a nice way to call me fat.
    When I look at it as I am typing it.....it could be used to mean something entirely different.
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    jigglypuff
  • melanogaster
    melanogaster Posts: 37
    The key point to remember in describing someone is to stick to the relevant points. Very rarely is someone's weight, height, ethnicity, or remarkable physical attribute actually relevant to the point at hand. Gender is also seldom relevant, but is usually a necessary part of the sentence, so it gets a pass here. The safest bet, to both not offend and to make sure the person you're talking to understand to whom you're referring, is to neutrally (or positively!) describe clothing and hair - they tend to be features most people can recognize and they're also the features most likely to result from conscious decisions on the part of the describee. Directional information also works well. "She's the woman with the short brown hair, wearing the blue top." or "He's the man with the beard and the glasses, standing by the window." are both perfectly acceptable in almost any context. Describing someone as "the really short woman" or "the guy who could stand to lose a few pounds" or "the girl with the big nose"... all are going to be offensive and/or hurtful to somebody. If something like that is -actually- relevant (for instance, you're discussing weight/height/ethnicity/remarkable physical attributes, or you're trying to identify a suspect in a robbery, or you're in a situation where everyone is bald and naked), then the best bet is to go with a reasonably accurate estimation of the feature in question. My idea of "fat" and your idea of "fat" are probably two different things, so calling someone "fat" is both less descriptive and more offensive than saying someone "weighs probably about 250 pounds" - assuming that they do, in fact, weigh about 250 pounds.

    All that being said, it's probably best not to be too easily offended.
  • lizzybethclaire
    lizzybethclaire Posts: 849 Member
    I say chubby chick or chubby dude.

    I have heard myself referred to as
    "thick"
    "that big tall girl" (I'm 6'1)
    "amazoness" ,
    "zena" (from zena warrior princess)
    "that bigger girl over there"

    So I guess "big girl" would be the most common.

    My mom used to call me "tons of fun" when she was mad at me. Now she wonders why I think she was mean when I was younger.

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