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gravitationally challenged

gravitationally challenged adjective: fat.

Adjective

gravitationally challenged (comparative more gravitationally challenged, superlative most gravitationally challenged)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Fat.
    • [T]he chunky Mr. Ackerman took to the stage. First he told fat jokes. . . . "I'm not fat. I'm gravitationally challenged."1996 March 3, Diane Ketcham, “Long Island Journal”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 Aug 2010
    • In America fat is the new f-word—instead, it's nutritionally endowed, or person of mass, or gravitationally challenged.2002 July 6, Tania Kindersley, “A job for nanny”, in spectator.co.uk, retrieved 29 Aug 2010
  2. (euphemistic, humorous, often) Of a person, having a poor sense of balance; subject to intervals of dizziness.
    • Consider that the person asking is Mr. Bean, the diminutive, awkward, gravitationally challenged, accident-prone incarnation served up by Rowan Atkinson.2003 July 18, Leonard Klady, “MCM Review: Johnny English”, in Movie City News, retrieved 29 Aug 2010

Synonyms of gravitationally challenged

Forms of gravitationally challenged

comparativemore gravitationally challenged
superlativemost gravitationally challenged
alternative formgravitationally-challenged

Origin of gravitationally challenged

An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged.

Questions about gravitationally challenged

What does gravitationally challenged mean?
Gravitationally challenged means fat.
What part of speech is gravitationally challenged?
Gravitationally challenged is an adjective.

Words near gravitationally challenged in the dictionary

  1. gravitational wells
  2. gravitational-wave
  3. gravitational-wave background
  4. gravitationality
  5. gravitationally
  6. gravitationally challenged
  7. gravitationally interacting massive particle
  8. gravitationally interacting massive particles
  9. gravitationally-challenged
  10. gravitationless
  11. gravitations

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