fat farm

noun

, Slang.

1. a sanitarium or a resort that specializes in helping people lose weight.

fat farm

noun

1. slang.
   a health farm or similar establishment to which people go to lose weight

Word History and Origins

Origin of fat farm¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Idioms and Phrases

A clinic or resort where people go to lose weight, as in She spends all her vacations at a fat farm but it hasn't helped so far . This is a somewhat derisive term for such an establishment. [ Colloquial ; 1960s]