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- From: hilp@hfglobe.intel.com (Robin Rosenbaum)
- Subject: Re: The word FAT
- Message-ID: <Bxz3AF.Mno@hfglobe.intel.com>
- Organization: Intel Corporation
- References: <1992Nov18.144123.12444@watson.ibm.com> <BxxKp7.CLJ@wrs.com> <1992Nov19.001746.19552@tessi.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:01:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.001746.19552@tessi.com> allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:
- >jessica@wrs.com (Jessica Hart) writes:
- >>Does anyone here object to the word FAT, [for] overweight
- >>I remember in the past, options such as CHUBBY, PLUMP, ...
- >>More recently, I've seen ZAFTIG and RUBENESQUE, which are at least more
- >>poetic
- >>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).
- My vote is for JUNOESQUE ("stately beauty" according to my Webster's Ninth)
- but since I am barely 5'4" I can't quite apply to myself something that
- means "stately" <:-)
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- Robin Hilp
- rosenrob@ccm.hf.intel.com
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