fatsos

Rotund folks, rudely

Fatsos is the plural of fatso, an offensive term for a fat person.

The word is deliberately insulting, used to mock or demean someone for their weight: Look at those fatsos stuffing their faces.

Like most body-shaming slurs, it says more about the speaker than the target.

body

overweight

Exceeding healthy mass

  • obeseExtremely overweight, unhealthily so
  • obesityExcess body fat condition
  • weightMeasure of heaviness

size · heaviness · largeness · corpulence · plumpness · BMI · plus-size · body type · physique · appearance

slur

insult

Offensive remark or action

  • tauntInsulting provocation
  • mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
  • ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment

derision · sneer · jeer · name-calling · put-down · verbal abuse · fat-shaming · body-shaming · cruelty · meanness

stereotype

caricature

Exaggerated comic depiction

prejudice · bias · stigma · labeling · trope · lazy · gluttonous · slovenly · undisciplined · unhealthy

bullying

harassment

Aggressive, unwanted targeting

victimization · torment · humiliation · shaming · belittling · aggression · hostility · exclusion · targeting · playground

Opposites
body size/weight

fatsosbeanpoles

Tall, thin individuals

twigs · stick figures · waifs · lightweights · string beans

social valence/connotation

fatsoshunks

Big shapeless pieces

studs · Adonises · fitness models · hardbodies · gym rats

social evaluation/insult register

fatsosbeanpoles

Tall, thin individuals

stick insects · anorexics · scarecrows · bag of bones · walking skeletons

Phrases
Family

fats, fatso, fatsoes

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG