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lardy

UK/ˈlɑːdi/US/ˈlɑɹdi/

lardy adjective: resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.

Adjective

lardy (comparative lardier, superlative lardiest)

  1. Resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) Fat or overweight.
    • Go back to snarfling down your microwave lasagna, you lardy bitch.1997 August 14, The Prince of Lies, “ABOUT VIRGINIA'S PARENTIAL NOTICE LAW”, in talk.abortion (Usenet)
    • Look, Jeffy didn't start this, you lardy bitch. He tried to tell you.1999 January 20, susanna9988, “Troll Striptease 7”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet)

Noun

lardy (plural lardies)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An obese person.
    • Funny Roseanne isn't kidding when she pushes for ladies to become lardies.1989 February 14, Weekly World News, page 14
    • You mentioned that your wife used to be a lardy and now she isn't. Did the pair of you train and diet together or was her approach more the weight watchers, slow pace jogging type?2003 July 8, NMcD32, “Help Needed ! ! ! Please Help”, in uk.rec.bodybuilding (Usenet)
  2. A lardy cake.
    • ‘A bloomer, a Hovis, thank you, that's all ... oh, and put in a couple of lardies.’ Naturally, home-made lardy cake is even feggier than the baker’s. His aim is to put in as little lard, fruit and sugar as he can get away with: yours is, or should be, to cram in as much as possible.1985, Jane Grigson, Jane Grigson's British cookery, page 32
    • >Hmmm. American food is sugary? Not as sugary as the stuff they sell at
      >Somerfield's and Sainsbury's and ASDA--whole aisles of cookies and tea
      >biscuits. Ribena instead of fresh juice. No English muffins (which are
      >actually American) but lots of lardies!1997 March 30, Paul Louis, “Why are Americans such wankers.”, in alt.nuke.europe (Usenet)

Examples of lardy in a sentence

  • It's that fucking useless fat arse lardy bitch at Energis, you know the one who eats at [...]2003 May 3, Fred, “Unwanted Emails!”, in alt.fan.scarecrow (Usenet):
  • But Lardy Cake isn't really a London thing anyway.2001 October 16, Stephen Toogood, “What is Twinkies?”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):

Forms of lardy

Adjective
comparativelardier
superlativelardiest
Noun
plurallardies

Origin of lardy

From lard + -y.

Words formed from lardy

Phrases with lardy

Words that rhyme with lardy

Questions about lardy

What does lardy mean?
Lardy means resembling or containing (perhaps an excess of) lard.
How do you use lardy in a sentence?
It's that fucking useless fat arse lardy bitch at Energis, you know the one who eats at [...]
What part of speech is lardy?
Lardy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce lardy?
Lardy is pronounced /ˈlɑɹdi/ (US).

Words near lardy in the dictionary

  1. lardries
  2. lardry
  3. lards
  4. lards down
  5. lards up
  6. lardy
  7. lardy bread
  8. lardy cake
  9. lardy cakes
  10. lardy-dardy
  11. lare

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