fat-shame
fat-shame verb: to criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.
Verb
fat-shame (third-person singular simple present fat-shames, present participle fat-shaming, simple past and past participle fat-shamed)
- To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.
- Using the same format as posters intended to fat-shame children, but changing the message to fat positivity, queers fat.2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, page 78
- Today, Ansari professes to regret the joke. “Uh, probably no reason to fat-shame my little cousin on a global scale,” he says in Right Now.2019 July 11, Megan Garber, quoting Aziz Ansari, “Aziz Ansari and the Physics of Moving Forward”, in The Atlantic
fat-shame meaning in Malay
fat-shame in Malay
- making fun of a person's weight
- sindir gemuk
Forms of fat-shame
| third-person singular present | fat-shames |
|---|---|
| present participle | fat-shaming |
| past participle | fat-shamed |
| past | fat-shamed |
| alternative form | fat shame |
| alternative form | fatshame |
Origin of fat-shame
From fat + shame (verb).
Questions about fat-shame
- What does fat-shame mean?
- Fat-shame means to criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.
- What is fat-shame in Malay?
- Fat-shame in Malay is sindir gemuk. See Fat-shame meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is fat-shame?
- Fat-shame is a verb.
- What is the past tense of fat-shame?
- The past tense of fat-shame is fat-shamed.
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