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fatphobe

fatphobe noun: one who has a negative perception of fat people and/or obesity.

Noun

fatphobe (plural fatphobes)

  1. One who has a negative perception of fat people and/or obesity.
    • Here's a perfect reply to a fatphobe: "It's not my fat you hate, it's yourself. And you have every reason to."1997, BBW, Volume 18, Issues 1-6, page 18
    • What if my seatmate was a sadistic fatphobe who would lean on our shared armrest just to see me wince in pain as it dug into my hip?2002, BBW, Volume 22, Issues 3-4, page 56
  2. A person who worries excessively about the fat content of their food.
    • The Thursday special of sweet/sour spareribs in a pineapple sauce is a joy, but not for the fatphobe.2005, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More, Broadway Books, →ISBN...
    • I prefer this — the pork fat made the sauce a little too oily for absolute comfort, and I am no fatphobe, as you know — and more pointedly so do my children.2010, Nigella Lawson, Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home, Knopf, →ISBN

Antonyms of fatphobe

Forms of fatphobe

pluralfatphobes

Origin of fatphobe

From fat + -phobe.

Questions about fatphobe

What does fatphobe mean?
Fatphobe means one who has a negative perception of fat people and/or obesity.
What part of speech is fatphobe?
Fatphobe is a noun.
What is the plural of fatphobe?
The plural of fatphobe is fatphobes.

Words near fatphobe in the dictionary

  1. fatoush
  2. fatpad
  3. fatpads
  4. fatphile
  5. fatphiles
  6. fatphobe
  7. fatphobes
  8. fatphobia
  9. fatphobic
  10. fats
  11. fats up

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