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- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: The word FAT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.001746.19552@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <WVENABLE.92Nov12111006@algona.stats.adelaide.edu.au> <1992Nov16.111324.5251@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Nov18.144123.12444@watson.ibm.com> <BxxKp7.CLJ@wrs.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:17:46 GMT
- Lines: 24
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- jessica@wrs.com (Jessica Hart) writes:
-
- >Does anyone here object to the word FAT, used to describe an overweight
- >person?
-
- >I remember in the past, options such as CHUBBY, PLUMP, etc. were used in a
- >vain attempt (usually by thin people) to be less offensive. Didn't work,
- >in my opinion.
-
- >More recently, I've seen ZAFTIG and RUBENESQUE, which are at least more
- >poetic than the others.
-
- >Comments?
-
- I think your first line is best when you use the word 'overweight'. The
- word FAT has many, many negative connections to it. I usually just refer
- to someone carrying extra weight caused by too much fatty tissue as just
- overweight.
-
- BTW, Rubenesque is a nice word but is a reference to the type of women
- Rubens painted: women with large bustlines, wide hips and a little
- more slender waist (as compared to the hips).
-
- allen
-