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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The exploitation of fat people in the media (especially film and television). uncountable

   "And two points reflect the cynicism at the core of this fatsploitation flick."

Example

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"And two points reflect the cynicism at the core of this fatsploitation flick."

Etymology

From fat + -sploitation, after the pattern of blaxploitation, etc.

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