"deathfat" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From death + fat. Coined by Lesley Kinzel as a "counter-euphemism" for morbidly obese in a November 2008 post on the Fatshionista LiveJournal community. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|death|fat}} death + fat Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} deathfat (not comparable)
  1. (slang, sarcastic) Morbidly obese. Tags: not-comparable, sarcastic, slang Categories (topical): Obesity
    Sense id: en-deathfat-en-adj-lLudZ1hF Disambiguation of Obesity: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: death fat

Noun [English]

Forms: deathfats [plural]
Etymology: From death + fat. Coined by Lesley Kinzel as a "counter-euphemism" for morbidly obese in a November 2008 post on the Fatshionista LiveJournal community. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|death|fat}} death + fat Head templates: {{en-noun}} deathfat (plural deathfats)
  1. (slang, sarcastic) A morbidly obese person. Tags: sarcastic, slang
    Sense id: en-deathfat-en-noun-jME1UsTc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: death fat

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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