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superfat

superfat adjective: extremely obese.

Adjective

superfat (comparative more superfat, superlative most superfat)

  1. (informal) Extremely obese.
    • In workshops extraordinary scenes would unfold, for example the superfat Apple Hard turned a cartwheel, […]2016, Charlotte Cooper, Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement, unnumbered page
    • But at bashes, as one of many fat and superfat women in the room, if I want attention—sexual or otherwise—I work harder to get it.2019, Crystal L. M. Kotow, “Oppressive Liberation: BBW Bashes and the Affective Rollercoaster”, in Carla Rice, Jen Rinaldi, Mary Friedman, editors, Thickening Fat Fat Bodies, Intersectionality, and...

Noun

superfat (plural superfats)

  1. (informal) An extremely obese person.
    • Superfats take on more drastic risks in their body positive activism, in return for very little benefit for themselves.2018, "feelingswithbrandy", quoted in Sarah E. Bolden, "Unsettling Boundaries: (Pre-)Digital Fat Activism, Fatphobia, and Enclave Ambivalence", thesis submitted to Syracuse University, page 127
    • Can I write basic access stuff about what it takes to make sure superfatties can enter a space, in enough event notices or posters that other people start to do it too?2021, Sarah Doherty, quoted in Sarah Doherty, Shana McDavis-Conway, Adrienne Hill, Elaine Lee, Sydney Lewis, Aaminah Shakur, & Cicely Smith, "A conversation about fat activism among activists in...

Verb

superfat (third-person singular simple present superfats, present participle superfatting, simple past and past participle superfatted)

  1. To use excess fat in soapmaking to consume the alkali and give the soap a more moisturizing effect.

Examples of superfat in a sentence

  • For superfat and infinifat people, fatphobic culture is even more traumatizing.2020 August, Crystal Kotow, “Big, Beautiful Affect: Exploring the Emotional Environment of BBW Social Events and Its Relationship to Fat...
  • If you are a midsize (think size 22-24) to superfat (size 26-32), you by all accounts are the type of fat no one wants to be.2021, Joy Arlene Renee Cox, Fat Girls in Black Bodies: Creating Communities of Our Own, page 15:
  • Many raised their hands proudly, superfats and scooter riders ready and willing to fight against fascism.2021, Dawn Haney, Max Airbone, Charis Stiles, “Cultivating new fat liberation movements: growing a movement ecology with Fat Rose”, in Fat...

Forms of superfat

Adjective
comparativemore superfat
superlativemost superfat
Noun
pluralsuperfats
Verb
third-person singular presentsuperfats
present participlesuperfatting
past participlesuperfatted
pastsuperfatted

Origin of superfat

From super- + fat.

Questions about superfat

What does superfat mean?
Superfat means extremely obese.
How do you use superfat in a sentence?
For superfat and infinifat people, fatphobic culture is even more traumatizing.
What part of speech is superfat?
Superfat can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near superfat in the dictionary

  1. superfascism
  2. superfascist
  3. superfascists
  4. superfashionable
  5. superfast
  6. superfat
  7. superfats
  8. superfatted
  9. superfatting
  10. superfatty
  11. superfeatherweight

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