fatties

Those carrying extra

Fatties is the plural of fatty, a disparaging term for overweight people.

The word reduces a person to their body size: Look at those fatties.

In drug slang, a fatty is a thick marijuana joint: He rolled a fatty.

The noun fatty also appears affectionately between intimates, though context determines whether it stings or teases.

obesity

overweight

Exceeding healthy mass

  • BMIWeight-to-height ratio
  • adiposityExcessive bodily fat
  • obeseExtremely overweight, unhealthily so

plus-size · heavyset · corpulent · portly · stout · big-boned · chubby · plump · rotund · metabolism

slur

derogatory

Expressing criticism or disrespect

taunt · mockery · name-calling · body-shaming · disparaging · belittling · dehumanizing · crude · vulgar · hurtful

stigma

discrimination

Unjust differential treatment

judgment · shame · ostracism · exclusion · marginalization · misconception · rejection · scapegoating · alienation · disapproval

food

sausages

Ground meat in casings

chorizo · bacon · ribs · meat · greasy · indulgent · snacks · treats

cannabis

joints

Skeletal connection points

weed · rolling · smoking · cannabis · doobies · papers · wrap · cone · stuffed · packed

Opposites
body size/weight

fattiesskinnies

Form-fitting narrow trousers

beanpoles · twigs · waifs · stick figures · lightweights

social register/connotation

fattieshardbodies

Very fit, muscular people

fitness models · gym rats · athletes · health nuts

Family

fattier, fattiness, fattiest

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13