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- From: cwechter@cyclone.mitre.org (Christine G. Wechter)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: The word FAT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.215738.2686@linus.mitre.org>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 21:57:38 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.144123.12444@watson.ibm.com> <BxxKp7.CLJ@wrs.com> <1992Nov19.001746.19552@tessi.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.001746.19552@tessi.com> allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren) writes:
- >jessica@wrs.com (Jessica Hart) writes:
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- >>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?
- >
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- I like what Erma Bombeck (I think) used to say:
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- " I'm not overweight, I'm just undertall!"
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