What's the best term for fat?

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!!!

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

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".......

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

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.

Just my preference but it's not a word I use. It's not a word I've made any replacements for.

Volumetrically challenged?

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...

I prefer "fluffy".

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.

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.