fatso

[fat-soh]

noun

Informal: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

fatsos, fatsoes 

1. a fat person (used as a term of address).

fatso

/ ˈfætsəʊ /

noun

1. slang,  a fat person: used as an insulting or disparaging term of address

Word History and Origins

Origin of fatso¹

1940–45; perhaps Fats a nickname for a fat person ( fat, -s ⁴ ) + -o; also compared with fat sow, German Fettsau

Example Sentences

In her autobiography, she recounts the story of being called a “fatso” when trying to get into a volleyball game.

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When a jock calls her “fatso” on her first day of school in Miami, Cucu chucks his football.

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When a jock calls her “fatso” on her first day in her new school, she responds by tossing his football over her shoulder, settling a matter.

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“I’m a fatty fat fatso. That’s probably not the best thing — and I’ve got some other issues, but that’s just the way it is. We have got to move on with our lives,” he noted.

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George, whom Phil calls “fatso,” is his gentlemanly opposite, always freshly bathed, neatly dressed and unfailingly polite.

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