deathfat

== English == === Alternative forms === death fat === Etymology === From death +‎ fat. Coined by Lesley Kinzel as a "counter-euphemism" for morbidly obese in a November 2008 post on the Fatshionista LiveJournal community. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === deathfat (not comparable) (slang, sarcastic) Morbidly obese. 2014, Kala Heekin, "Fat Babes In Crop Tops: Representations Of Gender In Fa(t)shion", Society & Culture Undergraduate Research Forum, Volume 6, Spring 2014, page 148: Death fat individuals may find that smaller fat people are taking up more space in fa(t)shion and are more commonly seen in these blogs. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:deathfat. === Noun === deathfat (plural deathfats) (slang, sarcastic) A morbidly obese person. 2013, Maya Maor, "More: Fat Women in Israel-Genres and Issues in Identity Construction and Resistance to Social Oppression", thesis submitted to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, page 104: Some US fat activists distinguish between ‘inbetweenies,’ who are relatively ‘small’ fat people who enjoy privileges such as ‘passing’ as thin or ‘on their way to being’ thin, and ‘death fats,’ who suffer the worst of the sanctions society places on fat people (McMichael, 2010). For more quotations using this term, see Citations:deathfat. === Usage notes === Used within the fat-acceptance community to satirize the dire implications carried by the term morbidly obese (i.e., that such people are at a greater, possibly imminent risk of death due to their weight). === References ===