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fatshame

fatshame is the alternative form of fat-shame.

Meaning of fat-shame

Verb

fat-shame (third-person singular simple present fat-shames, present participle fat-shaming, simple past and past participle fat-shamed)

  1. (transitive) 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

Forms of fatshame

third-person singular presentfatshames
present participlefatshaming
past participlefatshamed
pastfatshamed

Questions about fatshame

What is fatshame the alternative form of?
Fatshame is the alternative form of fat-shame.

Words near fatshame in the dictionary

  1. fatphobes
  2. fatphobia
  3. fatphobic
  4. fats
  5. fats up
  6. fatshame
  7. fatshamed
  8. fatshames
  9. fatshaming
  10. Fatshan
  11. fatshedera

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