Fatso

//ˈfæ.t͡soʊ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who is overweight. colloquial, derogatory

    "He went to the upstairs lookout and peered down upon the political bod, whom he recognised as the fatso who had given a thin, starving speech one lunch-time to the new High School students[.]"

  2. 2
    a rotund individual wordnet

Synonyms

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Example

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"He went to the upstairs lookout and peered down upon the political bod, whom he recognised as the fatso who had given a thin, starving speech one lunch-time to the new High School students[.]"

Etymology

From fats + -o.

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